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Book Recommendations from Hacker News In August 2019

Hacker News is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. We collect books that people have mentioned in the comments and present the most popular ones to you.

Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (3rd Edition)
71. Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (3rd Edition)
David Harel, Yishai Feldman
4.7
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life
72. Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life
Peter Gray
4.6
From Hacker News Comments: 4
Avaliable on Amazon
The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
73. The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron
4.6
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
In the Beginning...was the Command Line
74. In the Beginning...was the Command Line
Neal Stephenson
4.0
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
75. Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
Shohaku Okumura
4.8
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
76. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
Shunryu Suzuki, Trudy Dixon, David Chadwick
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
Engineering General Intelligence, Part 1: A Path to Advanced AGI via Embodied Learning and Cognitive Synergy (Atlantis Thinking Machines)
77. Engineering General Intelligence, Part 1: A Path to Advanced AGI via Embodied Learning and Cognitive Synergy (Atlantis Thinking Machines)
Cassio Pennachin, Nil Geisweiller
0.0
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Engineering General Intelligence, Part 2: The CogPrime Architecture for Integrative, Embodied AGI (Atlantis Thinking Machines)
78. Engineering General Intelligence, Part 2: The CogPrime Architecture for Integrative, Embodied AGI (Atlantis Thinking Machines)
Cassio Pennachin, Nil Geisweiller
0.0
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Artificial General Intelligence (Cognitive Technologies)
79. Artificial General Intelligence (Cognitive Technologies)
Cassio Pennachin
4.0
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Universal Artificial Intelligence: Sequential Decisions Based On Algorithmic Probability
80. Universal Artificial Intelligence: Sequential Decisions Based On Algorithmic Probability
Marcus Hutter
3.0
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
81. How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
Ray Kurzweil
4.2
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines
82. On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines
Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee
4.4
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Society of Mind
83. The Society of Mind
Marvin Minsky
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Unified Theories of Cognition (The William James Lectures)
84. Unified Theories of Cognition (The William James Lectures)
Allen Newell
3.4
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
85. The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
Pedro Domingos
4.1
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
86. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
Ray Kurzweil
4.2
From Hacker News Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind
87. The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind
Marvin Minsky
4.3
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe? (Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures)
88. How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe? (Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures)
John R. Anderson
4.1
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Jolly Phonics Activity Books 1-7
89. Jolly Phonics Activity Books 1-7
Sara Wernham
5.0
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Blood in the Streets: Investment Profits in a World Gone Mad
90. Blood in the Streets: Investment Profits in a World Gone Mad
James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg
4.2
From Hacker News Comments: 10
Avaliable on Amazon
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
91. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox
4.6
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
92. The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
4.7
From Hacker News Comments: 6
Avaliable on Amazon
Solar Electricity Handbook – 2019 Edition: A simple, practical guide to solar energy – designing and installing solar photovoltaic systems.
93. Solar Electricity Handbook – 2019 Edition: A simple, practical guide to solar energy – designing and installing solar photovoltaic systems.
Michael Boxwell
4.0
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Translucent Databases
94. Translucent Databases
Peter Wayner
3.5
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
95. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
Michael Lopp
4.0
From Hacker News Comments: 5
Avaliable on Amazon
Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child
96. Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child
Anthony Esolen
4.3
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming
97. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming
Peter Seibel
4.3
From Hacker News Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
How Will You Measure Your Life?
98. How Will You Measure Your Life?
Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, Karen Dillon
4.6
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
99. The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
Meg Jay
4.7
From Hacker News Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
Counterexamples in Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)
100. Counterexamples in Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)
Bernard R. Gelbaum, John M. H. Olmsted
4.7
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon