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Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers
by John MacCormick, Chris Bishop
ISBN: 9780691158198
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dbarlett · 2013-12-29 · Original thread
Seconding Dream Machine. Three more:

The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood http://www.amazon.com/The-Information-History-Theory-Flood/d...

Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe http://www.amazon.com/Turings-Cathedral-Origins-Digital-Univ...

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