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When I was around 8 to 10, I got REALLY into computers through this book my parents got: https://bashny.net/t/en/34007 https://bashny.net/t/en/34007 (Энциклопед
by lxe 5y ago
When I was around 8 to 10, I got REALLY into computers through this book my parents got: https://bashny.net/t/en/34007 https://bashny.net/t/en/34007 (Энциклопедия профессора Фортрана / Professor Fortran's Encyclopedia). It laid out all the fundamental concepts like algorithms, storage, memory, etc. I didn't even have a computer at the time, but this book I think pretty much laid the path for me.
My dad also had these ones, which I also loved: https://archive.org/details/worldofcomputers/page/n17/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/worldofcomputers/page/n17/mode/2... (Мир компьютеров в вопросах и ответах / World of Computers in Questions and Answers). It's probably got an original Japanese version, but I can only find the Russian ones. These books are more advanced, and go into computer basics all the way to telephone and packet networks.
- pvg 5y agoThe first one has a Russian wikipedia page with some more details: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0 https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BA... It's reminiscent in style to the Usborne books of similar vintage https://usborne.com/us/books/computer-and-coding-books https://usborne.com/us/books/computer-and-coding-books
- laurieg 5y agoIt looks like this is the original book: http://webcatplus.nii.ac.jp/webcatplus/details/book/1862799.html http://webcatplus.nii.ac.jp/webcatplus/details/book/1862799.... It looks like there's a copy in my local library. I'll have to go hunt it down next chance I get!