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Re:Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018? by sage2018 on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:31PM (#18743764)
Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer. Chapter about memory palace is especially amazing!
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Re:Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018? by melling on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:41PM (#18743820)
I’m glad I read that book but I was slightly disappointed.

Signal and Noise by Nate Silver was more educational and enjoyable.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Signal_and_the_Noise

Fooled by Randomness was also good. Better than Black Swan IMO.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fooled_by_Randomness

Just started Einstein’s Shadow by Seth Fletcher. Am enjoying it.

https://www.amazon.com/Einsteins-Shadow-Black-Astronomers-Un...

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Adding other books that I’ve read in the past that I see mentioned and also loved:

Masters of Doom

Longitude

I liked Logitude so much I called myself h4labs when I released apps in the App Store, after Harrison’s H4 watch.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/h4labs-word-search/id1311744...

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Re:Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018? by lihaciudaniel on Sunday December 23, 2018 @03:25AM (#18745061)
It was a very nice story (read it a year ago) but don't let it fool you, mnemonics aren't knowledge (just tricks).
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