
Masters of Doom
by David Kushner
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by David Kushner
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by Andrew Chen
“This book taught me deeply about network effects, how to kick off a marketplace, and how vital mathematics is in building platforms.”
— These are the 27 books I have read in 2024 as a founder : r/startups

by Frederick P. Brooks Jr
“Here’s my list.”
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by Christopher Alexander et al.
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by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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by Adam Kucharski
“it’s about one guy’s obsession with creating a model to beat everyone else on jai-alai gambling. It’s a really great book because he explains the entire rules of the sport, and then starts to disassemble all the pieces, and shows you all the data.”
— A math nerd's perspective of the world – Here's a couple book ...

by Geoffrey A. Moore
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by Frank Herbert
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by Robert L. Glass
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by Andrew Grove
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by Tyler Cowen
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“the entire book is on something fun and not boring: Baseball. The entire approach of using mathematical modeling to find undervalued assets (baseball players, in this case) is a great introduction to this type of thinking.”
— A math nerd's perspective of the world – Here's a couple book ...




by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos & Leo Janos
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by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman
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by Richard Feynman
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by Eric S. Raymond
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by Don Norman
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by Ben Horowitz
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by Clayton M. Christensen
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by Eric Ries
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by Richard Rhodes
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by Robert J. Gordon
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by Edmund Morris
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by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg
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by Cixin Liu
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by Raph Koster
“Discover the secrets of designing games that are truly fun and engaging with this classic book, now in its 10th anniversary edition and updated with full-color illustrations.”
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