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Best Introductions to Computing
These books introduce the non-technical reader to the conceptual side of computing.
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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
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4.40 avg rating — 10,391 ratings
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The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work
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4.06 avg rating — 814 ratings
score: 400,
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D is for Digital: What a well-informed person should know about computers and communications
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4.16 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers
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3.89 avg rating — 1,646 ratings
score: 396,
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The STREAM TONE: The Future of Personal Computing?
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T. Gilling (Goodreads Author)
3.17 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 200,
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
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Brian Christian (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 34,320 ratings
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Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
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3.55 avg rating — 382 ratings
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Digitized: The Science of Computers and How It Shapes Our World
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3.71 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Lauren Ipsum
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Carlos Bueno (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 732 ratings
score: 94,
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list created July 17th, 2012
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