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  1. Squeak by ,

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    Squeak is a modern, open-source Smalltalk programming system with fast execution environments for all major platforms. It features a Morphic …

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    see the squeak website for books, documentation, downloads and more

  2. The Selfish Gene by 

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    The Selfish Gene is a 1976 book on evolution by the ethologist Richard Dawkins, in which the author builds upon …

  3. The Society of Mind by 

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    The Society of Mind is both the title of a 1986 book and the name of a theory of natural …

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    available here with video commentary.

  4. Engines of Creation by 

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    Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology is a 1986 molecular nanotechnology book written by K. Eric Drexler with …

  5. Godel, Escher, Bach by 

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    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this book applies Godel's seminal contribution to modern mathematics to the study of the human …

  6. Cybernetics : or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine by 

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    Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine is a book written by Norbert Wiener and published …

  7. I Am a Strange Loop by 

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    I Am a Strange Loop is a 2007 book by Douglas Hofstadter, examining in depth the concept of a strange …

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