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2018-07-26 · 823 points · 186 comments · 38 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 11

    Thinking in Systems

    Donella H. Meadows

    11 here · 55 all-time · #72 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 6,475 ratings on Amazon
  2. 6

    The Personal MBA

    Josh Kaufman

    6 here · 23 all-time · #264 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 5,404 ratings on Amazon
  3. 6Quantum Mechanics

    Quantum Mechanics

    Leonard Susskind

    6 here · 11 all-time · #604 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,607 ratings on Amazon
  4. 3

    Calculus

    Spivak

    3 here · 99 all-time · #30 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 187 ratings on Amazon
  5. 3

    The Feynman Lectures on Physics

    Richard Feynman

    3 here · 59 all-time · #63 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,049 ratings on Amazon
  6. 3What Is Mathematics?

    What Is Mathematics?

    Richard Courant

    3 here · 17 all-time · #385 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 571 ratings on Amazon
  7. 3Classical Mechanics

    Classical Mechanics

    John R. Taylor

    3 here · 9 all-time · #721 overall

  8. 3Introduction to Electrodynamics

    Introduction to Electrodynamics

    David J. Griffiths

    3 here · 8 all-time · #880 overall

  9. 3Basic Mathematics

    Basic Mathematics

    Serge Lang

    3 here · 7 all-time · #985 overall

  10. 2Seeking Wisdom

    Seeking Wisdom

    Peter Bevelin

    2 here · 14 all-time · #460 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 405 ratings on Amazon
  11. 2Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

    Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

    David J. Griffiths

    2 here · 9 all-time · #744 overall

  12. 2Electricity and Magnetism

    Electricity and Magnetism

    Edward M. Purcell

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1891 overall

  13. 2Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

    Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

    Thornton and Marion

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2515 overall

  14. 1

    Concrete Mathematics

    Donald Knuth

    1 here · 46 all-time · #98 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 2 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1

    Linear Algebra Done Right

    Sheldon Axler

    1 here · 36 all-time · #142 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 736 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1

    The Art of Electronics

    Horowitz and Hill

    1 here · 33 all-time · #170 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 2,192 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1Poor Charlie's Almanack

    Poor Charlie's Almanack

    Charlie Munger

    1 here · 25 all-time · #230 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,930 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1Principles of Mathematical Analysis

    Principles of Mathematical Analysis

    Walter Rudin

    1 here · 25 all-time · #239 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 723 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1Calculus Made Easy

    Calculus Made Easy

    Francis Weston Sears

    1 here · 22 all-time · #271 overall

    Buy on Amazon3.7 out of 5, 191 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1Algebra

    Algebra

    Israel Gelfand

    1 here · 20 all-time · #322 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 94 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1Blink

    Blink

    Malcolm Gladwell

    1 here · 17 all-time · #375 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 14,166 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1Abstract Algebra

    Abstract Algebra

    Dummit and Foote

    1 here · 13 all-time · #498 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 258 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1Organic Chemistry

    Organic Chemistry

    Jonathan Clayden

    1 here · 10 all-time · #638 overall

  24. 1Geometry and the Imagination

    Geometry and the Imagination

    Hilbert and Cohn-Vossen

    1 here · 7 all-time · #976 overall

  25. 1Topology

    Topology

    Munkres

    1 here · 7 all-time · #1024 overall

  26. 1Proofs from The Book

    Proofs from The Book

    Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler

    1 here · 7 all-time · #1052 overall

  27. 1No Bullshit Guide to Math & Physics

    No Bullshit Guide to Math & Physics

    Ivan Savov

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1095 overall

  28. 1Analysis I

    Analysis I

    Terence Tao

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1250 overall

  29. 1Analysis

    Analysis

    H.L. Royden

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1336 overall

  30. 1Who is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure

    Who is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1795 overall

  31. 1Introduction to Cybernetics

    Introduction to Cybernetics

    W. Ross Ashby

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2148 overall

  32. 1Numerical Analysis

    Numerical Analysis

    Burden/Faires

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2302 overall

  33. 1The Jazz Piano Book

    The Jazz Piano Book

    Mark Levine

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2327 overall

  34. 1Principles of Neural Science

    Principles of Neural Science

    Kandel

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2364 overall

  35. 1Numerical Recipes

    Numerical Recipes

    William H. Press

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2393 overall

  36. 1Landau and Lifshitz

    Landau and Lifshitz

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2408 overall

  37. 1Permaculture: A Designers' Manual

    Permaculture: A Designers' Manual

    Bill Mollison

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2446 overall

  38. 1A First Course in Abstract Algebra

    A First Course in Abstract Algebra

    Fraleigh

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2478 overall