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Re: Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?

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Post by mindcrime »

wine wrote: post #2

Real Analysis: A Long-Form Mathematics Textbook by Jay Cummings [0] finally helped me conquer elementary real analysis. It was fast, smooth and streamlined experience. Your millage may vary, though, as this one wasn't my first analysis encounter. This book enters the pantheon of books that were tremendously helpful to me: Learning to Reason by Nancy Rodgers, Discrete Math by Susanna Epp and Linear Algebra by Kuldeep…

FWIW, I'm also a big fan of Susanna Epp's book on Discrete Math. I found it more accessible than Rosen's book.

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Post by agotterer »

No Easy Day by Mark Owen. It is about the seal team who killed Osama Bin Laden. I thought the book had a ton I action and was very captivating.

I’m currently about half way through Principles by Ray Dalio and am enjoying it so far.

Next on my reading list is The coddling of the American mind, by Greg Lukianoff

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Post by james_s_tayler »

rationalbeaver wrote: post #25

Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies - César Hidalgo (2015) Fantastic read that gave me a new way to understand the world.

What were some key insights from this?

It looks quite interesting. I'm guessing it's centered around entropy?

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Post by jacobn »

Righteous Mind, Why good people are divided by politics and religion by Jonathan Haidt (also applies to classic nerd feuds like Mac vs windows vs Linux)

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 (worst title ever, book is great)

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Post by acangiano »

dang wrote: post #26
acangiano wrote: post #4

12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson.

Please don't break the site guidelines by going on about downvoting. That just gives another, and this time legitimate, reason for downvoting. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Removed.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?

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Post by shawnps »

Favorites that I read in 2018:

* Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34466963-why-we-sleep)

* Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4806.Longitude)

* Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26156469-never-split-the...)

* Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25852784-evicted)

* Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11084145-steve-jobs)

PSA: if you use an e-reader or like audiobooks, check out Libby: https://meet.libbyapp.com/

I'm not affiliated with them. Nice app for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks from your local library.

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