I find books from the early development of a given subject or topic to be really valuable. They might not hold up in terms of overall knowledge, but they also m

I find books from the early development of a given subject or topic to be really valuable. They might not hold up in terms of overall knowledge, but they also make few assumptions about prior knowledge either. The author's coming from the point of view that there may not be access to a product, equipment, technique, or expert to help you. So you can learn a set of knowledge, that has too often been erased in the non-specialist body of knowledge, through abstraction or efficiency.