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1.
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
by:
Steven Levy
4.16 avg rating — 8,457 ratings
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The Soul of a New Machine
by:
Tracy Kidder
4.12 avg rating — 9,243 ratings
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
by:
Jon Gertner
4.20 avg rating — 8,529 ratings
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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
by:
Clifford Stoll
4.28 avg rating — 15,267 ratings
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
by:
James Gleick
4.04 avg rating — 16,840 ratings
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The Cartoon Guide to the Computer
by:
Larry Gonick
3.81 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming
by:
Peter Seibel
3.95 avg rating — 5,346 ratings
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The Story of Commodore: A Company on the Edge
by:
Brian Bagnall
4.21 avg rating — 955 ratings
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The Man Who Invented the Computer: The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer
by:
Jane Smiley
3.56 avg rating — 341 ratings
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Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers
by:
John Alderman
4.34 avg rating — 120 ratings
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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
by:
Michael A. Hiltzik
4.13 avg rating — 2,422 ratings
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Alan Turing: The Enigma
by:
Andrew Hodges
3.75 avg rating — 11,795 ratings
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
by:
Walter Isaacson
4.12 avg rating — 39,127 ratings
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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet
by:
Katie Hafner
3.94 avg rating — 4,853 ratings
15.
Rebel Code: Linux And The Open Source Revolution
by:
Glyn Moody
3.93 avg rating — 553 ratings
16.
The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog
by:
Ed Krol
4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings
17.
Digital Retro: The Evolution and Design of the Personal Computer
by:
Gordon J. Laing
4.21 avg rating — 87 ratings
18.
The Tinkertoy Computer and Other Machinations
by:
A.K. Dewdney
3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings
18.
Computing: A Concise History
by:
Paul E. Ceruzzi
3.55 avg rating — 626 ratings
20.
Computation and the Future of the Human Condition
by:
Stephen Wolfram
4.07 avg rating — 98 ratings
20.
Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World
by:
Clive Thompson
3.97 avg rating — 2,729 ratings
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Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
by:
Andy Hertzfeld
4.22 avg rating — 2,405 ratings
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Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers
by:
John MacCormick
3.89 avg rating — 1,646 ratings
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Computing in the Middle Ages: A View From the Trenches 1955-1983
by:
Severo M. Ornstein
3.93 avg rating — 57 ratings
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The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
by:
Michael S. Malone
4.21 avg rating — 813 ratings
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The Dream Machine
by:
M. Mitchell Waldrop
4.55 avg rating — 1,538 ratings