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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong cover

1. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

by James W. Loewen

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How to Think Like a Mathematician: A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics cover

2. How to Think Like a Mathematician: A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics

by Kevin Houston

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Introduction to Mathematical Thinking cover

3. Introduction to Mathematical Thinking

by Keith J. Devlin

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How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics cover

4. How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics

by William Byers

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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking cover

5. How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

by Jordan Ellenberg

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How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business cover

6. How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business

by Douglas W. Hubbard

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets cover

7. The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets

by Graham Farmelo

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Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray cover

8. Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

by Sabine Hossenfelder

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A History of Mathematical Notations (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

9. A History of Mathematical Notations (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Florian Cajori

Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus (Fourth Edition) cover

10. Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus (Fourth Edition)

by Harry Moritz Schey

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The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small cover

11. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small

by John Gall

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Introduction to Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

12. Introduction to Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Maxwell Rosenlicht

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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

13. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader

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All the Math You Missed cover

14. All the Math You Missed

by Thomas A. Garrity

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Software Craftsmanship: The New Imperative cover

15. Software Craftsmanship: The New Imperative

by Pete McBreen

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Mathematik für Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler Band 1: Ein Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch für das Grundstudium (German Edition) cover

16. Mathematik für Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler Band 1: Ein Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch für das Grundstudium (German Edition)

by Lothar Papula

The Road to React: Your journey to master plain yet pragmatic React.js cover

17. The Road to React: Your journey to master plain yet pragmatic React.js

by Robin Wieruch

Learn More Python 3 the Hard Way: The Next Step for New Python Programmers (Zed Shaw's Hard Way Series) cover

18. Learn More Python 3 the Hard Way: The Next Step for New Python Programmers (Zed Shaw's Hard Way Series)

by Zed A. Shaw

The Language of Mathematics: Utilizing Math in Practice cover

19. The Language of Mathematics: Utilizing Math in Practice

by Robert L. Baber

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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition cover

20. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Velleman

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Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

21. Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard W. Hamming

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How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library, 85) cover

22. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library, 85)

by George Polya

Geometry and the Imagination (AMS Chelsea Publishing) cover

23. Geometry and the Imagination (AMS Chelsea Publishing)

by David Hilbert, Stephan Cohn-Vossen

Basic Electricity cover

24. Basic Electricity

by The Bureau of Naval Personnel

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Basic Electricity (Dover Books on Electrical Engineering) cover

25. Basic Electricity (Dover Books on Electrical Engineering)

by United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel.

Deep Learning for Coders with Fastai and PyTorch: AI Applications Without a PhD cover

26. Deep Learning for Coders with Fastai and PyTorch: AI Applications Without a PhD

by Sylvain Gugger, Jeremy Howard

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Gentle Introduction to Dependent Types with Idris cover

27. Gentle Introduction to Dependent Types with Idris

by Boro Sitnikovski

The Art of Problem Solving, Vol. 1: The Basics cover

28. The Art of Problem Solving, Vol. 1: The Basics

by Sandor Lehoczky, Richard Rusczyk

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The Luck Factor cover

29. The Luck Factor

by Richard Wiseman

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The Jazz Piano Book cover

30. The Jazz Piano Book

by Mark Levine

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Mazes for Programmers: Code Your Own Twisty Little Passages cover

31. Mazes for Programmers: Code Your Own Twisty Little Passages

by Jamis Buck

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Ruby Way, The: Solutions and Techniques in Ruby Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series) cover

32. Ruby Way, The: Solutions and Techniques in Ruby Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series)

by Hal Edwin Fulton, André Arko

Exercises for Programmers: 57 Challenges to Develop Your Coding Skills cover

33. Exercises for Programmers: 57 Challenges to Develop Your Coding Skills

by Brian P. Hogan

Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition cover

34. Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition

by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk

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Numerical Linear Algebra cover

35. Numerical Linear Algebra

by Lloyd N. Trefethen, David Bau, III

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Galois Theory Through Exercises (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series) cover

36. Galois Theory Through Exercises (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series)

by Juliusz Brzeziński

Advanced Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers: Asymptotic Methods and Perturbation Theory cover

37. Advanced Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers: Asymptotic Methods and Perturbation Theory

by Carl M. Bender, Steven A. Orszag

Understanding Analysis (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

38. Understanding Analysis (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Stephen Abbott

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Modern Graph Theory (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 184) cover

39. Modern Graph Theory (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 184)

by Béla Bollobás

Invitation to Classical Analysis (Pure and Applied Undergraduate Texts) cover

40. Invitation to Classical Analysis (Pure and Applied Undergraduate Texts)

by Peter L. Duren

Algebraic Geometry: A Problem Solving Approach (Student Mathematical Library) (Student Mathematical Library: IAS/Park City Mathematical Subseries) cover

41. Algebraic Geometry: A Problem Solving Approach (Student Mathematical Library) (Student Mathematical Library: IAS/Park City Mathematical Subseries)

by Thomas A. Garrity

Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service cover

42. Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service

by Carol Leonnig

A Philosophy of Software Design cover

43. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World cover

44. Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World

by Joshua B. Freeman

The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings cover

45. The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings

by Nick Gray

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So You've Been Publicly Shamed cover

46. So You've Been Publicly Shamed

by Jon Ronson

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Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem cover

47. Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem

by Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

48. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma cover

49. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel A. Van der Kolk

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Basic electronics theory--with projects & experiments cover

50. Basic electronics theory--with projects & experiments

by Delton T. Horn

Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time! cover

51. Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time!

by Conrad Barski

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The Soviet Passport: The History, Nature and Uses of the Internal Passport in the USSR (New Russian Thought) cover

52. The Soviet Passport: The History, Nature and Uses of the Internal Passport in the USSR (New Russian Thought)

by ALBERT. BAIBURIN

The Word: How We Translate the Bible―and Why It Matters cover

53. The Word: How We Translate the Bible―and Why It Matters

by John Barton

Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity cover

54. Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity

by Carliss Young Baldwin, Kim B. Clark

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Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years cover

55. Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber

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Behavioral Economics for Leaders: Research-Based Insights on the Weird, Irrational, and Wonderful Ways Humans Navigate the Workplace cover

56. Behavioral Economics for Leaders: Research-Based Insights on the Weird, Irrational, and Wonderful Ways Humans Navigate the Workplace

by Matthias Sutter