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A comment on Ask HN: What recreational books related to programming can you recommend?.

Re:Ask HN: What recreational books related to programming ca... by a3n on Monday August 03, 2015 @10:12AM (#9995911)
The Emperor’s New Mind, Penrose.

The Mind's I: Fantasies And Reflections On Self & Soul, Hofstadter and Dennet.

The Society of Mind, Minsky.

Martin Gardner. http://www.amazon.com/Martin-Gardner/e/B000AP8X8G/ref=sr_ntt...

Donald Knuth. http://www.amazon.com/Martin-Gardner/e/B000AP8X8G/ref=sr_ntt...

Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About, Knuth.

e: The Story of a Number, Maor.

The Pythagorean Theorem: a 4000-year history, Maor.

Flatland, Abbot.

Snowcrash, Stevenson.

Johnny Mnemonic, Gibson.

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Re:Ask HN: What recreational books related to programming ca... by boogdan on Monday August 03, 2015 @10:17AM (#9995954)
Also found this, for those who are interested: "The Inmates Are Running the Asylum", by Alan Cooper: http://www.amazon.com/The-Inmates-Are-Running-Asylum/dp/0672...
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