Computing: A Concise History
By: Paul E. Ceruzzi
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
The history of computing could be told as the story of hardware and software, or the story of the I…
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1. The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
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By: Nick Bostrom
3.50
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intellig… read more
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4. The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine
By: Charles Petzold
2.00
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Programming Legend Charles Petzold unlocks the secrets of the extraordinary and prescient 1936 pape… read more
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5. Computing: A Concise History
By: Paul E. Ceruzzi
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
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6. From the Earth to the Moon
By: Jules Verne
3.76
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
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7. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
By: Dave Thomas , Andy Hunt
3.28
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
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8. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
By: Erich Gamma , Richard Helm , Ralph Johnson , None
3.46
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10. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
By: Robert C. Martin
4.44
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12. The Emperor's New Mind Concerning Computers, Minds and the Laws of Physics
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4.07
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13. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
By: Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
3.36
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14. The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes--and Its Implications
By: David Deutsch
3.50
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15. Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems
By: Sam Newman
4.45
Format: 864 pages, Paperback
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16. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
By: Douglas R. Hofstadter
4.16
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17. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
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18. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
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3.86
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19. Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach
By: Mark Richards
4.26
Format: 419 pages, Paperback
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20. Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World
By: Cade Metz
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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21. Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World
By: Clive Thompson
3.98
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
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