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Ask HN: What single book is the best intro to your field for laypeople?
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#2When I was doing Bluetooth Low Energy development for IoT devices, this book was the goto reference for both the embedded firmware and mobile app folks:
https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Low-Energy-Developers-Handb...
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#4Rebel Buddha by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
https://www.amazon.com/Rebel-Buddha-Guide-Revolution-Mind/dp...
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#5Noise and Vibration Analysis
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#6One of the first books many many years back, introducing me to software business and open source culture
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
By Eric S. Raymond-
http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
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#7The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to
Digital Signal Processing
By Steven W. Smith, Ph.D.
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#8Being Direct by Lester Wunderman is a great intro to the world of direct marketing.
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#9http://dilbert.com/ - for the management activities of my work.
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#10The same question was asked on Ask Metafilter a decade ago, and received 237 answers: http://ask.metafilter.com/71101/What-single-book-is-the-best...