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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 7, 2022 - Nov 14, 2022

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Showing 1 - 37 of 37 books

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) cover

1. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists cover

2. Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists

by Edward Scheinerman

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You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation cover

3. You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation

by Deborah Tannen

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The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you cover

4. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

by Rob Fitzpatrick

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How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

5. How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps

by Natalie Sidner, Lawrence Krubner

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6. Wealth, Poverty and Politics

by Thomas Sowell

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7. Introduction to Chemistry

by Richard C. Bauer, James P. Birk, Pamela Marks

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Introductory Chemistry (MasteringChemistry) cover

8. Introductory Chemistry (MasteringChemistry)

by Nivaldo J. Tro

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Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry cover

9. Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry

by Karen C. Timberlake

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Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation cover

10. Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation

by Steven S. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) cover

11. The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)

by Joseph Tainter

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12. Woran sie wirklich starben

by Hans Bankl

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Histoire de La France Rurale. Des Origines 1340 T1 (English and French Edition) cover

13. Histoire de La France Rurale. Des Origines 1340 T1 (English and French Edition)

by Hugues Neveux, Jean Jacquart, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie

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14. Perihelion Summer

by Greg Egan

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Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms (Audio Engineering Society Presents) cover

15. Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms (Audio Engineering Society Presents)

by Floyd E. Toole

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Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?: Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count cover

16. Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?: Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count

by Steven F. Freeman, Joel Bleifuss

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How the GOP Stole America's 2004 Election & Is Rigging 2008 cover

17. How the GOP Stole America's 2004 Election & Is Rigging 2008

by Bob Fitrakis, Robert J. Fitrakis, Harvey Wasserman

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New Drugs: An Insider's Guide to the FDA's New Drug Approval Process for Scientists, Investors and Patients cover

18. New Drugs: An Insider's Guide to the FDA's New Drug Approval Process for Scientists, Investors and Patients

by Lawrence Tim Friedhoff

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Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought cover

19. Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought

by Barbara Tversky

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20. The Dream Machine

by M. Mitchell Waldrop

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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage cover

21. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

by Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew

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22. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan

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When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm cover

23. When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm

by Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe

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The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 cover

24. The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

by Paul R. Krugman

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The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington cover

25. The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington

by Jennet Conant

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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) cover

26. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

by Elliot Aronson Carol Tavris, Joe Barrett Marsha Mercant

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27. Enigma: The Battle for the Code

by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore

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The Theory of Critical Phenomena: An Introduction to the Renormalization Group (Oxford Science Publications) cover

28. The Theory of Critical Phenomena: An Introduction to the Renormalization Group (Oxford Science Publications)

by James Binney, J.J. Binney, N. J. Dowrick, A. J. Fisher, M. E. J. Newman, N.J. Dowrick, A.J. Fisher, M.E.J. Newman, J. J. Binney

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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 7, 2022 - Nov 14, 2022

Showing 1 - 37 of 37 books

1. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

2. Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists

3. You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation

4. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

5. How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps

6. Wealth, Poverty and Politics

7. Introduction to Chemistry

8. Introductory Chemistry (MasteringChemistry)

9. Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry

10. Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation

11. The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)

12. Woran sie wirklich starben

13. Histoire de La France Rurale. Des Origines 1340 T1 (English and French Edition)

14. Perihelion Summer

15. Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms (Audio Engineering Society Presents)

16. Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?: Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count

17. How the GOP Stole America's 2004 Election & Is Rigging 2008

18. New Drugs: An Insider's Guide to the FDA's New Drug Approval Process for Scientists, Investors and Patients

19. Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought

20. The Dream Machine

21. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

22. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

23. When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm

24. The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

25. The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington

26. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

27. Enigma: The Battle for the Code

28. The Theory of Critical Phenomena: An Introduction to the Renormalization Group (Oxford Science Publications)

29. Extreme Privacy: What It Takes to Disappear

30. Ecological and General Systems: An Introduction to Systems Ecology, Revised Edition

31. McDonald's: Behind The Arches

32. Sam Walton: Made in America

33. Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek

34. Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street

35. Hedge Funds: An Analytic Perspective - Updated Edition (Advances in Financial Engineering, 3)

36. One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, VOL.1

37. One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein