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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 9, 2025 - Jun 16, 2025

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Indistinguishable From Magic cover

1. Indistinguishable From Magic

by Robert L. Forward
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The World of Physics: A Small Library of the Literature of Physics from Antiquity to the Present (3 Volumes) cover

2. The World of Physics: A Small Library of the Literature of Physics from Antiquity to the Present (3 Volumes)

by Jefferson Hane Weaver
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid cover

3. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art cover

4. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

by James Nestor
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Space Shuttle, The History of Developing the National Space Transportation System cover

5. Space Shuttle, The History of Developing the National Space Transportation System

by Dennis R. Jenkins
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Shell Scripting: Expert Recipes for Linux, Bash, and More cover

6. Shell Scripting: Expert Recipes for Linux, Bash, and More

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The Forest and the Sea: A Look at the Economy of Nature and the Ecology of Man cover

7. The Forest and the Sea: A Look at the Economy of Nature and the Ecology of Man

by Marston Bates
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On the Shoulders of Giants: A Shandean Postscript cover

8. On the Shoulders of Giants: A Shandean Postscript

by Robert K. Merton
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The Unified Modeling Language User Guide cover

9. The Unified Modeling Language User Guide

by Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson
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Man Who Knew Too Much: The Strange & Inventive Life of Robert Hooke 1635-1703 cover

10. Man Who Knew Too Much: The Strange & Inventive Life of Robert Hooke 1635-1703

by Stephen Inwood
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To Turn the Tide (1) (Make the Darkness Light) cover

11. To Turn the Tide (1) (Make the Darkness Light)

by S.M. Stirling
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The Pleasures of Counting cover

12. The Pleasures of Counting

by Thomas William Körner
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