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2025-10-02 · 245 points · 73 comments · 5 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. 3The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

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    3 here · 7 all-time · #198 overall

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    Gödel, Escher, Bach

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    1 here · 82 all-time · #1 overall

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    Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

    Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman

    1 here · 49 all-time · #7 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
  4. 1Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

    Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

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    1 here · 22 all-time · #32 overall

  5. 1Mathematics

    Mathematics

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