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Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention that Launched the Military-Industrial Complex
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
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Design of Design, The: Essays from a Computer Scientist
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
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The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis: Techniques for Experimental Design, Measurement, Simulation, and Modeling
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The Mathematical Experience: A National Book Award Winner – Exploring Mathematics: History, Philosophy, and Personalities for Lay Readers
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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The Sciences of the Artificial
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The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, Prehistory to A.D. 1450
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Design and Analysis of Experiments
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The Meaning of Science
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The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
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Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
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Sustainable Energy - without the hot air
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Game Programming Patterns
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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming
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Great Principles of Computing
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Beyond Bibliometrics: Harnessing Multidimensional Indicators of Scholarly Impact
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Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World
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The Container Principle: How a Box Changes the Way We Think
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A Prehistory of the Cloud
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Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know
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Managing Research, Development and Innovation: Managing the Unmanageable
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Wannabe U: Inside the Corporate University
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Asian Universities: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges
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LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY: BUILDING A GLOBAL POLICY SCHOOL IN ASIA
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American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century
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The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
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What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
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Mathematical Models in Biology (Classics in Applied Mathematics, Series Number 46)
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Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
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Introduction to Computational Science: Modeling and Simulation for the Sciences
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The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next
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Higher Speculations: Grand Theories and Failed Revolutions in Physics and Cosmology
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Models of My Life
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The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing
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Worldviews: An Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science
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Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate
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Letters to a Young Scientist
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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
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Richard Feynman: A Life in Science
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The Beat of a Different Drum: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
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Probability, Markov Chains, Queues, and Simulation: The Mathematical Basis of Performance Modeling
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Quality Software Management: Anticipating Change
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Quality Software Management, Vol. 3: Congruent Action
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Quality Software Management: First-Order Measurement
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Quality Software Management: Systems Thinking
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Software Craftsman, The: Professionalism, Pragmatism, Pride (Robert C. Martin Series)
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John von Neumann: The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer, Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence, and Much More
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John Von Neumann and Norbert Wiener
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John von Neumann and the Origins of Modern Computing
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Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals
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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
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Niels Bohr: The Man, His Science, & the World They Changed
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Dilemmas of an Upright Man: Max Planck and the Fortunes of German Science
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The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell
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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
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Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science
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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth
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The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom
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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach
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What Did the Romans Know? An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking
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The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date
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The Algorithm Design Manual
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Statistical Models: Theory and Practice
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Idea Man
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The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III: Multiple Universes, Mutual Assured Destruction, and the Meltdown of a Nuclear Family
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Software Metrics: A Rigorous and Practical Approach, Revised
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The Principles of Scientific Management
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Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 4: A Pattern Language for Distributed Computing
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Principles of Software Engineering Management
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Principles of Computer System Design: An Introduction
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Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software
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Development of Professional Expertise: Toward Measurement of Expert Performance and Design of Optimal Learning Environments
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
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Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry
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Software Systems Architecture: Working with Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives
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Probably Approximately Correct
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The Mechanical Design Process
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The Golem: What You Should Know about Science
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The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation
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The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution
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To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science
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Software Architecture in Practice
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How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
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The Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century
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Adventures of a Mathematician
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I Want to be a Mathematician: An Automathography
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What Science Knows: And How It Knows It
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Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
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Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
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Victorian Technology: Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine
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