Three good books that try to introduce computer science to non-specialists from various angles: * The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computer

Three good books that try to introduce computer science to non-specialists from various angles: * The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work by Danny Hillis * D is for Digital: What a Well-Informed Person Should Know About Computers and Communications by Brian W. Kernighan (I think his Understanding the Digital World is probably a retitled newer edition of this book?) * Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold All three of these authors have had interesting and prominent careers in computing. None of these books are exactly on-point in terms of directly addressing careers, but all of them should help you understand more of the substance of what your daughter is working on and the context for other discussions you encounter.