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The Best Science Books of Hacker News
HN Books collects, ranks, and showcases the
best books recommended on
Hacker News.
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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles
· 3 HN points · 33 HN comments -
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
· 28 HN comments -
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
· 23 HN comments -
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)
· 1 HN points · 17 HN comments -
Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)
· 21 HN comments -
Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition)
· 17 HN comments -
Gödel's Proof
· 20 HN comments -
On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines
· 14 HN comments -
Calculus, 4th edition
· 18 HN comments -
Probability Theory: The Logic of Science
· 16 HN comments -
The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness
· 12 HN comments -
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
· 11 HN comments -
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
· 2 HN points · 20 HN comments -
The Design of Everyday Things
· 21 HN comments -
The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
· 10 HN comments -
Calculus Made Easy
· 10 HN comments -
Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
· 10 HN comments -
Thinking, Fast and Slow
· 14 HN comments -
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
· 19 HN comments -
The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood
· 1 HN points · 9 HN comments -
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
· 11 HN comments -
The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism
· 10 HN comments -
The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing)
· 8 HN comments -
Quantum Computing Since Democritus
· 11 HN comments -
Algorithm Design
· 13 HN comments -
The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles
· 9 HN comments -
Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions
· 11 HN comments -
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Incerto)
· 11 HN comments -
A Philosophy of Software Design
· 3 HN points · 12 HN comments -
Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science
· 10 HN comments