Book Recommendation Requests > Justin Hofstetter’s Request

she said: " On your tbr list--get to it! "

they said: " It's a large tome, but unlike Stephenson's subsequent Baroque Trilogy I found it to be a medium-fast paced read. Very very interesting plot and characters, definitely some laugh-out-loud moments, and will teach you some cool (high level, not too terribly hard) math / cryptography / computer science topics along the way. Just a taste, not like it's a programming manual. (even though i think there is some source code in an appendix) :) It's a large tome, but unlike Stephenson's subsequent Baroque Trilogy I found it to be a medium-fast paced read. Very very interesting plot and characters, definitely some laugh-out-loud moments, and will teach you some cool (high level, not too terribly hard) math / cryptography / computer science topics along the way. Just a taste, not like it's a programming manual. (even though i think there is some source code in an appendix) :) ...more "