Douglas Hofstadter: Gödel, Escher, Bach
I tried to read this book but never quite understood it. What's it really about?
Thinking about thinking.
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#32Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas (Papert)
Since this was discussed here recently (in sad circumstances), I'll just say that everyone who might be involved with kids, either as an educator or parent needs to read this book. And it was great to read when I was a kid, too!
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#33Peopleware
Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321934113/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_1Y6P...
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#34"At Home" by Bill Bryson.
"Quiet" by Susan Cain.
"Hackers" by Steven Levy.
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#36Misbehaving by Richard Thaler. It's like Thinking, Fast and Slow except more hilarious.
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#37The Mythical Man-Month
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#38The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
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#39Most recently, Password by Martin Paul Eve. Highly recommended. http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/password-9781501314872/
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#40Programming Pearls (Jon Bentley). His essays on bumper sticker CS, Doug McIlroy @ Bell Labs, and little languages still resonate in mind regularly. It's when I feel someone can be trusted with really cool ideas.