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I started Steven Levy's Hackers and I'm really enjoying it. http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/books/hackers http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/books/hackers
by bibinou 11y ago
I started Steven Levy's Hackers and I'm really enjoying it.
http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/books/hackers http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/books/hackers
Seeing as he wrote Crypto and Insanely Great too, it seems to be his kind of thing.
Also folklore.org is a nice collection of fables on how the sausage got made.
Charles Petzold's Code is interspersed with enjoyable historical perspective too.
http://www.charlespetzold.com/code/ http://www.charlespetzold.com/code/
- coldpie 11y agoSeconding Code. It's not about the history of culture, but it's a walkthrough of how computing hardware evolved to what we have today.
- lsdafjklsd 11y agoYes, I came to recommend this book. It's a fantastic read, one of my favorites.
- gooseus 11y agoCan not recommend this book enough (Code by Petzold)... Extremely well written with timeless information on understanding the history of computing and coding.
- stevenmays 11y agoThirding Code
- rubiquity 11y agoFourthing Code.