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Linux System Programming by Robert  M. Love
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A wonderful way to dive into systems programming and start getting a handle on the standard things the kernel does for you. Though Linux is in the title, Robert Love does a good job of covering the commonalities and departures from other unix-like sy...more
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The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage
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well written, lots of anecdotes mixed with the historical developments surrounding the telegraph - from it's mechanical windmill-like building beginnings in France in late 18th century - through its golden age, and to it eventual undoing by newer tec...more
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The Seventeen Traditions by Ralph Nader
The Seventeen Traditions
by Ralph Nader
read in October, 2011
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A quick glimpse into Ralph Nader's childhood - enjoyable, though short.
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The Fate of Africa by Martin Meredith
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The Great War for Civilisation by Robert Fisk
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The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
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This book is a classic, and though I have a 3x5 card with little notes on both sides, I'll just quote the beginning of one paragraph which follows a description of EMACS, the authors editor of choice:

"Creeping featurism is a disease, fatal if not t...more
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Disciplined Minds by Jeff Schmidt
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Schmidt's basic thesis is that professional success rests more on the willingness to jump through the hoops rather than talent and ability. Grad school (and other forms of professional training) select for a particular type of herd mentality by makin...more
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Emergence by Steven Johnson
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Excellent! One of the two books responsible for getting me to the grad program I'm in today, in that it sparked (reaffirmed?) a desire to try my hand at experimental science and learn more about neuroscience, instead of a "pure CS" track I previously...more
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The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks
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Brooks' Mythical Man-Month is a classic work about managing people and projects (not just software engineering). 20th anniversary edition still relevant 14 years later. I finally read it, it's been on my "to read" list for years!
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Building the Green Economy by Kevin Danaher
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Similar in spirit to Goodman and Goodman's Standing up to the Madness (see my detailed review of that book, to get a feel for it). Good, inspiring read.
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