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Have you looked for online courses? Here are a few of the books I'd go through around computers, but are you thinking more extensive history of "technology?" Li
by topherjaynes 3y ago
Have you looked for online courses? Here are a few of the books I'd go through around computers, but are you thinking more extensive history of "technology?" Like how we've grown from printing press as innovation?
Soul of a New Machine is a great non-fiction but reads like a fiction account of trying to overtake the Vax by building one of the first 32-bit machines https://www.amazon.com/Soul-New-Machine-Tracy-Kidder/dp/0316491977 https://www.amazon.com/Soul-New-Machine-Tracy-Kidder/dp/0316...
A Biography of the Pixel https://www.amazon.com/Biography-Pixel-Leonardo-Alvy-Smith/dp/0262542455 https://www.amazon.com/Biography-Pixel-Leonardo-Alvy-Smith/d... great overview of the innovation and math that pushed graphics forwrard
The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood https://www.amazon.com/Information-History-Theory-Flood/dp/1400096235 https://www.amazon.com/Information-History-Theory-Flood/dp/1... walks through information theory and how we got to the internet
Dealers of lightning: https://www.amazon.com/Dealers-of-Lightning-audiobook/dp/B0000546R7/ https://www.amazon.com/Dealers-of-Lightning-audiobook/dp/B00... how a lot of modenr computing grew out of Xerox
- soulbadguy 3y ago+1 for "The Information". i can here specifically to recommend this book. Such a great read, i would even venture are saying a must read for anybody even remotely interested in computer science.
- hhh 3y ago+1 for The Information. Spectacular book