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  • Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary by Torvalds, Linus
    Linus Torvalds

    Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

    Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet -- for free. Today Torvalds is an...
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  • The Independent Eye: The Story of Tamron, Sigma Zeiss and the Craft of Modern Optics by Yuen, Siu Lun
    Siu Lun Yuen

    The Independent Eye: The Story of Tamron, Sigma Zeiss and the Craft of Modern Optics

    Discover the untold story behind the lenses that changed how we see.The Independent Eye traces the rise of Japan's independent lensmakers-Tamron, Sigma, Tokina, Cosina/Voigtländer and their partnerships with Zeiss-from anonymous OEM suppliers to innovators shaping modern photography.Blending history, engineering and real-world shooting experience, Siu...
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  • New Industries from New Places: The Emergence of the Hardware and Software Industries in China and India by Gregory, Neil
    Neil Gregory

    New Industries from New Places: The Emergence of the Hardware and Software Industries in China and India

    Over the past 15 years, the twin giants of Asia-China and India-have jumped on the opportunity provided by the IT revolution to turbocharge their economic growth. India has become a software services powerhouse, while China churns out much of the world's IT hardware. How...
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  • Bart vs. My Hopes and Dreams: Looking Back at Thirty Years of Video Games Based on The Simpsons by Romero, Victor
    Victor Romero

    Bart vs. My Hopes and Dreams: Looking Back at Thirty Years of Video Games Based on The Simpsons

    Twenty-five games, thirty years, over eighty ports-whatever the number, there've been quite a lot of games based on The Simpsons. The story of the animated sitcom that tried to make it in video games is a long and sordid tale, now collected here in...
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  • The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet by Nakamura, Lisa
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    Lisa Nakamura

    The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet

    Revealing the unheralded contributions of women of color to the foundation and development of the digital economyThe Inattention Economy challenges the widespread myth that the internet was born from the labor of a handful of white male entrepreneurs, recovering the uncredited and unpaid contributions...
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  • Competition, Innovation and the Microsoft Monopoly: Antitrust in the Digital Marketplace: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the Progress & Freedom F by Eisenach, Jeffrey A.
    Jeffrey A. Eisenach

    Competition, Innovation and the Microsoft Monopoly: Antitrust in the Digital Marketplace: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the Progress & Freedom F

    Do the antitrust laws have a place in the digital economy or are they obsolete? That is the question raised by the government's legal action against Microsoft, and it is the question this volume is designed to answer. America's antitrust laws were born out...
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  • The Sun Technology Papers by Hall, Mark
    Mark Hall

    The Sun Technology Papers

    The Technology of Sun M icrosystems Two years ago, Sun Microsystems began publishing a quarterly tech- nical journal, Sun Technology: The Journal for Sun Users. Since then, its pages have explored in detail diverse technology and products relating to Sun. The journal's technically sophisticated...
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  • The History Of Seiko Watches: The Timeless Journey of Japan`s Iconic Watchmakers. by James, Joseph
    Joseph James

    The History Of Seiko Watches: The Timeless Journey of Japan`s Iconic Watchmakers.

    The Timeless Journey of Japan's Iconic WatchmakersFrom humble beginnings in a small Tokyo shop to becoming a global symbol of precision, innovation, and craftsmanship - Seiko's story is the story of time itself.The History of Seiko Watches takes readers on an inspiring journey through...
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  • Pablos Holman: Ideas that shape tomorrow by Kate, Mason
    Mason Kate

    Pablos Holman: Ideas that shape tomorrow

    Ideas That Shape Tomorrow explores the bold mindset of visionary hacker and inventor Pablo's Holman, showing how curiosity, disruption, and creativity can solve the world's biggest problems. A powerful guide for anyone who wants to think differently, innovate with purpose, and shape a better...
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  • Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son by Barber, Lionel
    Lionel Barber

    Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son

    The former editor of the Financial Times delivers, "with literary flair and stunning revelations" (Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize winner), the unputdownable first Western biography of SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, financial disruptor and personification of the 21st century's addiction to instant wealth. As Wall Street...
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  • Before the Computer: Ibm, Ncr, Burroughs, and Remington Rand and the Industry They Created, 1865-1956 by Cortada, James W.
    James W. Cortada

    Before the Computer: Ibm, Ncr, Burroughs, and Remington Rand and the Industry They Created, 1865-1956

    Before the Computer fully explores the data processing industry in the United States from its nineteenth-century inception down to the period when the computer became its primary tool. As James Cortada describes what was once called the "office appliance industry," he challenges our view...
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  • The Info Mesa: Science, Business, and New Age Alchemy on the Santa Fe Plateau by Regis, Edward, Jr.
    Edward Jr. Regis

    The Info Mesa: Science, Business, and New Age Alchemy on the Santa Fe Plateau

    How did a small southwest town transform itself into a hotbed of research science, advanced technology, and money? Tracking key figures in Santa Fe's emerging industries, Ed Regis explains how entrepreneurial scientists are using complexity theory and powerful, experimental computer programs to create practical--and...
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  • Ghost in the Brussels by Ieranò, Antonio Ai
    Antonio Ai Ieranò

    Ghost in the Brussels

    Ghost in the Brussels: Understanding European Cybersecurity through AnimeBy Antonio "AI" IeranòEurope once dreamed of regulating the Internet. Then Artificial Intelligence. Then - inevitably - humans.Ghost in the Brussels is a dazzling, satirical journey through the labyrinth of European digital law, where bureaucracy meets...
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  • Computing Legacies: Digital Cultures of Simulation by Krapp, Peter
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    Peter Krapp

    Computing Legacies: Digital Cultures of Simulation

    A media history of simulation that contextualizes our digital heritage and the history of computing. In Computing Legacies, Peter Krapp explores a media history of simulation to excavate three salient aspects of digital culture. Firstly, he profiles simulation as cultural technique, enabling symbolic work...
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  • The Computer: A Brief History of the Machine That Changed the World by Swedin, Eric G.
    Eric G. Swedin

    The Computer: A Brief History of the Machine That Changed the World

    This book, aimed at general readers, covers the entirety of computing history from antiquity to the present, placing the story of computing into the broader context of politics, economics, society, and more. Computers dominate the world we live in, and this book describes how...
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  • Little Blue Dot: How GPS Shaped the Modern World by Dunn, Katherine
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    Katherine Dunn

    Little Blue Dot: How GPS Shaped the Modern World

    Author: Katherine DunnISBN-10: 1639734317ISBN-13: 9781639734313Publisher: Bloomsbury PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2026Pages: 320Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d
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  • Origins and Foundations of Computing: In Cooperation with Heinz Nixdorf Museumsforum by Bauer, Friedrich L.
    Friedrich L. Bauer

    Origins and Foundations of Computing: In Cooperation with Heinz Nixdorf Museumsforum

    The Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum (HNF) is the world's largest c- puter museum and is dedicated to portraying the past, present and future of information technology. In the "Year of Informatics 2006" the HNF was particularly keen to examine the history of this still...
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  • Origins and Foundations of Computing: In Cooperation with Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum by Bauer, Friedrich L.
    Friedrich L. Bauer

    Origins and Foundations of Computing: In Cooperation with Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum

    The Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum (HNF) is the world's largest c- puter museum and is dedicated to portraying the past, present and future of information technology. In the "Year of Informatics 2006" the HNF was particularly keen to examine the history of this still...
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  • Pillars of Computing: A Compendium of Select, Pivotal Technology Firms by O'Regan, Gerard
    Gerard O'Regan

    Pillars of Computing: A Compendium of Select, Pivotal Technology Firms

    This accessible compendium examines a collection of significant technology firms that have helped to shape the field of computing and its impact on society. Each company is introduced with a brief account of its history, followed by a concise account of its key contributions....
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  • New Industries from New Places: The Emergence of the Software and Hardware Industries in China and India by Gregory, Neil
    Neil Gregory

    New Industries from New Places: The Emergence of the Software and Hardware Industries in China and India

    Over the past 15 years, the twin giants of Asia-China and India-have jumped on the opportunity provided by the IT revolution to turbocharge their economic growth. India has become a software services powerhouse, while China churns out much of the world's IT hardware. How...
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  • Turing: Pioneer of the Information Age by Copeland, B. Jack
    B. Jack Copeland

    Turing: Pioneer of the Information Age

    Alan Turing is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. But who was Turing, and what did he achieve during his tragically short life of 41 years? Best known as the genius who broke Germany's most secret codes during the...
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  • Technology for Modelling: Electrical Analogies, Engineering Practice, and the Development of Analogue Computing by Care, Charles
    Charles Care

    Technology for Modelling: Electrical Analogies, Engineering Practice, and the Development of Analogue Computing

    Historians have different views on the core identity of analogue computing. Some portray the technology solely as a precursor to digital computing, whereas others stress that analogue applications existed well after 1940. Even within contemporary sources, there is a spectrum of understanding around what...
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  • Moving Targets: Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947 - 67 by Lavington, Simon
    Simon Lavington

    Moving Targets: Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947 - 67

    This book charts the take-up of IT in Britain, as seen through the eyes of one company. It examines how the dawn of the digital computer age in Britain took place for different applications, from early government-sponsored work on secret defence projects, to the...
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  • The Past and Future of Information Systems: 1976 -2006 and Beyond: IFIP 19th World Computer Congress, TC-8, Information System Stream, August 21-23, 2 by Avison, David
    David Avison

    The Past and Future of Information Systems: 1976 -2006 and Beyond: IFIP 19th World Computer Congress, TC-8, Information System Stream, August 21-23, 2

    The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is a non-profit umbrella organization for national societies working in the field of information processing. It was founded in 1960 under the auspices of UNESCO. It is organized into several technical committees. This book represents the proceedings...
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  • History of Computing and Education 2 (Hce2): Ifip 19th World Computer Congress, Wg 9.7, Tc 9: History of Computing, Proceedings of the Second Conferen by Impagliazzo, John
    John Impagliazzo

    History of Computing and Education 2 (Hce2): Ifip 19th World Computer Congress, Wg 9.7, Tc 9: History of Computing, Proceedings of the Second Conferen

    These proceedings derive from an international conference on the history of computing and education. This conference is the second of hopefully a series of conferences that will take place within the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and hence, we describe it as the...
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  • The Economics of Information Technology by Jowett, Paul
    Paul Jowett

    The Economics of Information Technology

    Author: Paul Jowett,Margaret RothwellISBN-10: 0333394216ISBN-13: 9780333394212Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/11/1986Pages: 108Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d
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  • The History of Information Networks: How the Flow of Ideas Has Been Used to Build, Change, and Shape the Future by D. Stabile, Arnold
    Arnold D. Stabile

    The History of Information Networks: How the Flow of Ideas Has Been Used to Build, Change, and Shape the Future

    What if the way ideas are shared has always been the most powerful force shaping the world?For as long as humans have existed, the flow of information has been at the center of everything we do. It has built great civilizations, spread revolutionary ideas,...
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  • Fundamentals of Software Culture by Qin, Zheng
    Zheng Qin

    Fundamentals of Software Culture

    As the first book about software culture, this book discusses software culture from three perspectives including historical perspective, the classification of software and software applications. This book takes credit from the view of science and technology development. It analyzed scientific innovations and the social...
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  • A.I. & You by Edwards, Roderick
    Roderick Edwards

    A.I. & You

    Artificial Intelligence isn't coming. A.I. is here now. This book explores A.I. from the inside out. From the early days of college bulletin boards (BBSes), and MOOS and MUDS to the ChatGPT of today that pumps out content to consume including entire books. This...
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  • Edmund Berkeley and the Social Responsibility of Computer Professionals by Longo, Bernadette
    Bernadette Longo

    Edmund Berkeley and the Social Responsibility of Computer Professionals

    Edmund C. Berkeley (1909 - 1988) was a mathematician, insurance actuary, inventor, publisher, and a founder of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). His book Giant Brains or Machines That Think (1949) was the first explanation of computers for a general readership. His journal...
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  • Origin of Modern Calculating Machines by Turck, J. a. V.
    J. a. V. Turck

    Origin of Modern Calculating Machines

    Explore the fascinating origins of modern computing with J. A. V. Turck's "Origin of modern calculating machines." This meticulously prepared reprint delves into the history of technology, examining the mechanical engineering marvels that paved the way for today's computers. Discover the evolution of calculators...
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  • 10 Inventions That Changed the World: Transformative Breakthroughs in Human History by Estudio, Ai
    Ai Estudio

    10 Inventions That Changed the World: Transformative Breakthroughs in Human History

    Explore the fascinating stories behind the inventions that shaped our modern world. From the humble wheel to the groundbreaking smartphone, this book delves into ten revolutionary innovations that redefined human civilization. Discover how these creations transformed transportation, communication, medicine, and more, leaving an enduring...
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  • Readme: A Bookish History of Computing from Electronic Brains to Everything Machines by McCray, W. Patrick
    W. Patrick McCray

    Readme: A Bookish History of Computing from Electronic Brains to Everything Machines

    The essential role that the oldest literary technology--books--played in making computers popular and pervasive. In README, historian Patrick McCray argues that in order for computers to become ubiquitous, people first had to become interested in them, learn about them, and take the machines seriously....
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  • On the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Founders by Banks, Michael
    Michael Banks

    On the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Founders

    On the Way to the Web is the story of the opening of the Internet, and parallel developments in the alternate world of computer bulletin board systems. It's a chronicle of the inventive, individualistic and often cantankerous individuals who set the Internet free--and the...
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  • Carl Adam Petri: Life and Science by Smith, Einar
    Einar Smith

    Carl Adam Petri: Life and Science

    Author: Einar SmithISBN-10: 3662480921ISBN-13: 9783662480922Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/11/2015Pages: 128Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d
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  • PhantomJS Cookbook by Friesel, Rob
    Rob Friesel

    PhantomJS Cookbook

    Author: Rob FrieselISBN-10: 178398192XISBN-13: 9781783981922Publisher: Packt PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/12/2014Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.64d
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  • Encyclopedia of Computers and Computer History by Rojas, Raúl
    Raúl Rojas

    Encyclopedia of Computers and Computer History

    The Encyclopedia of Computers and Computer History provides a complete A-to-Z reference guide to computers, their development, and their usage in today's world. Beginning with Abacus, this two-volume set provides over 900 pages of facts, definitions, biographies, histories, and explanations of a remarkable variety...
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  • The Internet Depression: The Boom, the Bust, and Beyond by Mandel, Michael J.
    Michael J. Mandel

    The Internet Depression: The Boom, the Bust, and Beyond

    The Coming Internet Depression is the one book that offers a rational method for making the best of tech-driven economic downturns. Michael Mandel, the economist most renowned for predicting the New Economy of the 1990s, was one of the first to predict the next...
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  • Emanuel Goldberg and His Knowledge Machine: Information, Invention, and Political Forces by Buckland, Michael
    Michael Buckland

    Emanuel Goldberg and His Knowledge Machine: Information, Invention, and Political Forces

    This book tells the story of Emanuel Goldberg, a chemist, inventor, and industrialist who contributed to almost every aspect of imaging technology in the first half of the 20th century. Despite his accomplishments, history has not been kind to Goldberg, a name all but...
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  • The Irrational Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us by Recht, Benjamin
    Benjamin Recht

    The Irrational Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us

    How the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality--and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgment In the 1940s, mathematicians set out to design computers that could act as ideal rational agents in the face of uncertainty. The Irrational...
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  • The Inventions of Louis Pouzin: One of the Fathers of the Internet by Lebrument, Chantal
    Chantal Lebrument

    The Inventions of Louis Pouzin: One of the Fathers of the Internet

    This book recounts the adventures of Louis Pouzin who invented one of the core elements for transmitting data over today's Internet, the datagram. He also created one of the most widely used computer programming languages, the Shell; and is currently, at age 88, a...
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  • Mundaneum: The Shocking True Story of the Man who Created the Internet and the Man who Destroyed It by Croucher, Mel
    Mel Croucher

    Mundaneum: The Shocking True Story of the Man who Created the Internet and the Man who Destroyed It

    This is the true story of two men who meet only once. One is a pacifist, the other is a Nazi. Both men are visionaries, but their visions for the future of the world cannot be more different.One man's vision is to harness data...
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  • Crack99: The Takedown of a $100 Million Chinese Software Pirate by Hall, David Locke
    David Locke Hall

    Crack99: The Takedown of a $100 Million Chinese Software Pirate

    A former U.S. Navy intelligence officer, David Locke Hall was a federal prosecutor when a bizarre-sounding website, CRACK99, came to his attention. It looked like Craigslist on acid, but what it sold was anything but amateurish: thousands of high-tech software products used largely by...
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  • IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon by Cortada, James W.
    James W. Cortada

    IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon

    A history of one of the most influential American companies of the last century. For decades, IBM shaped the way the world did business. IBM products were in every large organization, and IBM corporate culture established a management style that was imitated by companies...
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  • The Origin And Evolution Of Computers by Hait, Shreyan
    Shreyan Hait

    The Origin And Evolution Of Computers

    "From Abacuses to Algorithms: The Evolution of Computing" is an engaging exploration of the incredible journey of computing technology, tracing its history from its earliest roots to its transformative presence in modern society. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the milestones, innovators, and...
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  • The Internet Stack by Tiwana, Amrit
    Amrit Tiwana

    The Internet Stack

    An accessible journey through the seam that connects the digital world of the Internet to our physical world. The stack--the conduit between our digital and physical worlds--is the elusive, mysterious, and least-understood part of the Internet. In the five seconds it took you to...
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  • Algorithms, Monks, and Merchants: Computing in Everyday Life in the Middle Ages by Ausiello, Giorgio
    Giorgio Ausiello

    Algorithms, Monks, and Merchants: Computing in Everyday Life in the Middle Ages

    This book explores the tight relationship that existed between application needs and computational problem-solving methods during the Middle Ages, particularly the period between the 9th and 15th centuries. It was a time of great cultural and economic evolution, starting with the blooming phase of...
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  • Turing Tales by Daylight, Edgar G.
    Edgar G. Daylight

    Turing Tales

    Edgar Daylight's rather provocative theme in this book is that many high-profile computer scientists do not consistently distinguish between their favorite mathematical concepts and the representations thereof in the real world. This leads to mistakes. Daylight introduces seemingly small but useful distinctions. As a...
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  • Communities of Computing: Computer Science and Society in the ACM by Thomas J Misa
    Thomas J Misa

    Communities of Computing: Computer Science and Society in the ACM

    Communities of Computing is the first book-length history of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), founded in 1947 and with a membership today of 100,000 worldwide. It profiles ACM's notable SIGs, active chapters, and individual members, setting ACM's history into a rich social and...
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  • The Forgotten Silicon Valley: Tales of the Second California Gold Rush by Howells, John
    John Howells

    The Forgotten Silicon Valley: Tales of the Second California Gold Rush

    Everyone knows about Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and numerous other high-tech companies that represent what we think of as "Silicon Valley", but it wasn't always that way. There is a whole history of the valley that isn't often told. This book attempts to put...
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