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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as computing)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,857 ratings — published 1999
The C Programming Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as computing)
avg rating 4.44 — 11,427 ratings — published 1978
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as computing)
avg rating 4.33 — 24,525 ratings — published 1999
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as computing)
avg rating 4.47 — 4,879 ratings — published 1984
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as computing)
avg rating 4.01 — 15,274 ratings — published 1975
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as computing)
avg rating 4.35 — 23,767 ratings — published 2007
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as computing)
avg rating 4.20 — 12,037 ratings — published 1994
Introduction to Algorithms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as computing)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,390 ratings — published 1989
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as computing)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,508 ratings — published 1993
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-wesley Object Technology Series)
by (shelved 51 times as computing)
avg rating 4.24 — 8,879 ratings — published 1999
The Soul of a New Machine (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as computing)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,776 ratings — published 1981
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as computing)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,490 ratings — published 1994
Designing Data-Intensive Applications (ebook)
by (shelved 46 times as computing)
avg rating 4.69 — 11,097 ratings — published 2015
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as computing)
avg rating 4.16 — 8,644 ratings — published 1984
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as computing)
avg rating 4.28 — 16,632 ratings — published 1989
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as computing)
avg rating 4.29 — 53,844 ratings — published 1979
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as computing)
avg rating 4.12 — 35,945 ratings — published 2016
The Little Schemer (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as computing)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,995 ratings — published 1974
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as computing)
avg rating 4.30 — 29,530 ratings — published 1999
The Elements Of Computing Systems: Building A Modern Computer From First Principles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as computing)
avg rating 4.55 — 989 ratings — published 2005
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as computing)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,989 ratings — published 1996
Introduction to the Theory of Computation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as computing)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,131 ratings — published 1996
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as computing)
avg rating 4.25 — 51,220 ratings — published 2013
Programming Pearls (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as computing)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,227 ratings — published 1986
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as computing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,026 ratings — published 1986
The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as computing)
avg rating 3.83 — 4,348 ratings — published 1999
Effective Java (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as computing)
avg rating 4.51 — 8,108 ratings — published 2001
Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as computing)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,385 ratings — published 2009
Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe (ebook)
by (shelved 32 times as computing)
avg rating 3.60 — 4,745 ratings — published 2012
The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as computing)
avg rating 4.26 — 9,339 ratings — published 2011
The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as computing)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,895 ratings — published 1973
The C++ Programming Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as computing)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,040 ratings — published 1986
JavaScript: The Good Parts (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as computing)
avg rating 4.23 — 8,681 ratings — published 2008
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter)
by (shelved 31 times as computing)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,097 ratings — published 2000
A Philosophy of Software Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as computing)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,856 ratings — published 2018
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as computing)
avg rating 4.15 — 5,904 ratings — published 2003
The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as computing)
avg rating 4.54 — 1,700 ratings — published 2001
The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as computing)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,192 ratings — published 2008
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as computing)
avg rating 4.04 — 17,451 ratings — published 2011
Clean Architecture (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as computing)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,274 ratings — published 2017
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as computing)
avg rating 4.12 — 40,469 ratings — published 2014
The Algorithm Design Manual (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as computing)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,694 ratings — published 1997
Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as computing)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,691 ratings — published 2004
Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as computing)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,656 ratings — published 2004
Computer Networks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as computing)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,416 ratings — published 1981
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as computing)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,900 ratings — published 2002
Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as computing)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,164 ratings — published 2002
Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as computing)
avg rating 4.22 — 5,261 ratings — published 2014
Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as computing)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,528 ratings — published 2000
Modern Operating Systems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as computing)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,224 ratings — published 1992
“The divergence from the Newtonian model did not come abruptly but began with changes in the nineteenth century. The first was the discovery and investigation of magnetic phenomena, which could not be described appropriately by the mechanical model as it involved a new type of force. This study of subtler concepts of fields without reference to material bodies was a profound change.”
― Pataphysics: Mastering Time Line Jumps for Personal Transformation
― Pataphysics: Mastering Time Line Jumps for Personal Transformation
“Watson represents merely a step in the development of smart machines. Its answering prowess, so formidable on a winter afternoon in 2011, will no doubt seem quaint in a surprisingly short time.”
― Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything
― Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything











