Computer History


Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
The Soul of a New Machine
Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
The Story of Commodore: A Company on the Edge
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal
Steve Jobs
Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
UNIX: A History and a Memoir
Eniac: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer
Web Hacking Arsenal by Rafay BalochHackers by Steven LevyMasters of Doom by David KushnerIntroduction to System Design by Shivam    SinghThe Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
Best Books on Computing
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John Markoff
Diffie was one of a legion of bright young men who, were it not for the Vietnam War, would probably not have considered the idea of military-funded basic research. But it seemed like a reasonable compromise when facing the equally dismal alternatives of being shipped to Indochina, fleeing to Canada, or going to jail.
John Markoff, What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry

Herbert A. Simon
We invented a whole new class of computer programming languages known as list processing languages. The basic idea is that whenever a piece of information is stored in memory, additional information should be stored with it telling where to find the next associated piece of information.
Herbert A. Simon, Models of My Life

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