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New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Which book can attract anyone towards your field of study?

Ask HN: Which book can attract anyone towards your field of study?
491 by debanjan16 | 242 comments on Hacker News.
If you were to choose one book (or maybe more than one :P) to lure a curious person to your field of study, which will you choose? For example: How to Design Programs for Computer Science. Note: It has to be inviting for someone that knows nothing about the field but becomes hooked after reading it. Not some epitome which is revered by experts only.

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