 | Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use - A Report to the Club of Rome by Ernst U.von Weizsacker
Buy used from: £0.75 Teaches the value of simplicity. The best example of how less is more, and engineers responsibility towards the environment.
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 | The Mythical Man Month and Other Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Buy new: £17.46 / Used from: £13.28 The definitive book on large software projects. Contains many lessons for engineering projects of all types.
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 | The Music of the Primes: Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics by Marcus Du Sautoy
Buy used from: £15.93 The most exciting maths story book I've ever read. Maths should be exciting, not just a tool.
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 | The Limits to growth: A report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind by Donella H. Meadows
Buy used from: £14.18 The best explanation of how we live on a single round ball of rock there is. All resources are finite.
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 | Engineering Mathematics by Stroud
Buy used from: £21.57 Stroud is the definitive basic engineering maths book.
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 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig
Buy used from: £117.27 When you've finished Stroud, Kreyszig covers the more advanced maths stuff.
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 | Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C by Bruce Schneier
Buy new: £24.54 / Used from: £19.00 I haven't actually read this one all the way through yet..
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 | The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security by Kevin D. Mitnick
Buy new: £12.47 / Used from: £2.42 Kevin Mitnick was the worlds most famous hacker. This is the best book on computer (and personal) security I've read. Captivating and informative.
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 | The Republic by Plato
Buy new: £14.03 / Used from: £5.19 Just a little bit of philosophy.
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 | The Wealth of Nations (Everyman's Library classics) by Adam Smith
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £3.35 And the definitive work on economics.
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