It's not a programming book but... "The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal" It's an awesome book about the history

It's not a programming book but... "The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal" It's an awesome book about the history of computing, human-computer interaction, and all sorts of things you're familiar with but may never have known where they came from or how they evolved. http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Machine-Licklider-Revolution-Computing/dp/014200135X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239139092&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Machine-Licklider-Revolution-Com...