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12th May 2009 - Link Blog

Ask MetaFilter's best introductory books. Part of Phil Gyford’s ongoing quest to “learn about everything”, a list of the best introductory books to a wide range of topics collated from a thread on Ask MetaFilter.

Posted 12th May 2009 at 11:23 am

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This is a link post by Simon Willison, posted on 12th May 2009.

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