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2009-07-05 · 31 points · 36 comments · 4 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. 3Electric Circuits

    Electric Circuits

    James Nilsson

    3 here · 4 all-time · #1941 overall

  2. 1

    The C Programming Language

    Brian Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie

    1 here · 124 all-time · #15 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 182 ratings on Amazon
  3. 1

    Calculus

    Spivak

    1 here · 99 all-time · #30 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 187 ratings on Amazon
  4. 1

    Programming Pearls

    Jon Bentley

    1 here · 35 all-time · #145 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 402 ratings on Amazon