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#32Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold.
A great book that explains how computers actually work through number systems and the logic that acts on those systems. You start with the theory behind binary numbers and work your way through electrical circuits, logic gates, RAM, transistors, and the operating system as you build your fundamental knowledge of the inner workings of computers. It's pretty cool.
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#33Blindsight, by Peter Watts. One of the better sci-fi novels I've read in awhile. Reminds me a lot of Arthur C. Clark in that it successfully strikes a really hard balance between scientific accuracy/feasibility and imaginative storytelling.
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#34Vanished Kingdoms by Norman Davies. History of Europe from the perspective of "countries" that don't exist anymore. Covers medieval kingdoms (Tolosa, Strathclyde, Aragon); more recent countries (Poland-Lithuania, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha); up to very recent times (USSR). Very interesting perspective on history.
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#35I am reading "An Introduction to Category Theory", "Haskell Data Analysis Cookbook", and I just finished the sci-fi book "Solaris."
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#36"What they teach you at Harvard Business School"
A must if you are thinking of taking the plunge from development to doing an MBA
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#37Recently finished Robert Cialdini's Influence: Science and Practice , a great horrifying psychology book. Now I've started Iain Banks' Excession , giving his Culture universe another go. ( Player of Games was good, but not great.)
In the midst of reading this, too. Horrifying is an understatement. I've thought of specific individuals who have abused some of the techniques in that book to great success.
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#38Recently finished Robert Cialdini's Influence: Science and Practice , a great horrifying psychology book. Now I've started Iain Banks' Excession , giving his Culture universe another go. ( Player of Games was good, but not great.)
> Influence: Science and Practice, a great horrifying psychology book. What do you mean by horrifying?
It's more or less a guide book on how to get people to do things you want them to do, especially in respect to spending money.
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#39The Drunkards Walk by Leonard Mlodinow
For the uninitiated he is the coauthor of 2005 edition of A Briefer History of Time. As the title says this is about "how randomness rules our lives".
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#401984 by George Orwell, very relevant in current times.