Requesting good books for my summer vacation.
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Any one have a must read technology book they would like to share...doesn't have to be a programming language book...Maybe some technology classic (fiction or nonfiction. Haha...or true crime.)
Difficulty level: it has to be interesting (subjective) and you can only post a single title.
I have read: Don't make me think. So you can skip that one.
I have been reading financial books for 8 years and I am pretty damn sick of them.
So if you had only one book to offer me, what would it be?
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Fantastic book.
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The Periodic Table by Primo Levi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Periodic_Table_(book)
I enjoyed it a lot. That might also be because I was really into chemistry when I was younger.
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I'm reading this right now. Loving it. It's going over the basics of what "information technology" really is. Starting from Morse's code and Braille's, over electronics, assemblers, to high level languages.
I can only vouch for the first quarter, but none of the reviews indicate a drop in quality, so I feel I can safely recommend it.
Great topic, BTW.
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I've not heard of any of these books so far...excellent!
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It's not "the book you must read". It might not be in the pantheon of tech-related books. But for a summer vacation, it's good as a fairly light book which is fun to read and showcases how dumb people really can be.
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Get Serge Lang's Abstract Algebra. /thread
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If you haven't already read it:
That's the book that really got me into formal languages and how things mean nothing unless you have meta-things.
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I'm reading this right now. Loving it. It's going over the basics of what "information technology" really is. Starting from Morse's code and Braille's, over electronics, assemblers, to high level languages.
This one is also very good.
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The Adolescence of P-1 by Tom Ryan.
Return with us now to those thrilling days of 1979, when an AI discovers 256 MB all in one place and becomes self-aware.
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http://thecomicproject.blogspot.com/2005/12/comic-78-phantom-masked-marvel.html
http://thecomicproject.blogspot.com/2005/12/comic-77-phantom-blue-gang.html
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I have a strange feeling there's only one guy who would be interested in those.
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I have a strange feeling there's only one guy who would be interested in those.
I spent all summer vacation "borrowing" these comic from local libraries.
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http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Needed-Economics-Learned-Online/dp/1422191656
This is exact book I need. I hope it works for me also.
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Good idea! I didn't know that got published. It is a little easy, though. The chapter on zippers is especially good.
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There are no jobs in Haskell. Project manager don't like functional programming languages. We need a Bodil Stokke in our company to make promotion for programming languages. Instead we are getting javascript expert like Rob Ashton
Now he is also making game in functional language called CloJure.
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Nothing wrong with easy ..I would love easy if it was also entertaining.
:)
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So you want entertaining? In that case:
But I must warn you, you'll be in danger of committing yourself to a time sink that will take months if not years of your life away from you.
Filed under: I'm on book 10
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In that case, you should definitely check it out, if you're interested in functional programming. http://learnyouahaskell.com/ has a free online version (the original version). It's pretty funny, and you'll learn the important functional patterns.
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Oooo. Sounds intriguing...I'll add this to the list.
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I consider myself a soft OO procedural hybrid programmer. Nothing wrong with functional programming and I am interested..I'll add it to the list. And thanks!
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But I must warn you, you'll be in danger of committing yourself to a time sink that will take months if not years of your life away from you.
I read about 2/3rds of the book, but it was too boring to continue. And I normally try to finish every book I start reading, even if it's bad.
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So you want entertaining? In that case:
I tried but it's the dullest fantasy book I've ever read so I threw it across the room at the point they started mentioning whitebridge.Shit, The Sovereign Stone was more entertaining than The Eye Of The World.
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I recently started reading the Monster Hunters series (and burned through it already). This book is actually the first three collected into one place (there are two more after this):
It's like...Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Lovecraft meets Ghostbusters meets...lots of guns. Not super deep stuff, but fun and interesting.
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Ok it seems I have two contrasting views...That means I have to take a look for myself.
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Ok scrolling up didn't see this...Two down votes...Hmmm...I will check reviews but keep it on the list if I can't find the other ones I have marked down.
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Now this seems like a text book, tell me more...I was reading that a professor constructed an entire semester of work around the first part of the book.
Tell me more about it...
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I don't know...This looks like a knock of of the Shadow, or Dare Devil or Doc Savage
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Looks like a sign of the times book. What impact did the book make on you. Explain why this is the one you picked?
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This one I will get just because. :) Thanks for post this one.
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The people who say it's boring do have a point. The series doesn't get really good until book 5, but your patience will be rewarded.
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Haskell has about 14,000 questions on Stack Overflow, Clojure 7,500...
To be honest I am overwhelmed on the massive release of new programming languages and frameworks...Its getting stupid.
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If there are any readers here 18-30 then read The beach.
This is one of those books that hit me at the right point in my life (aligned stars). Profound effect. May not be so today.
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To me, In A Strange Room was immediate love right from the first sentence, in that special "don't put the book down regardless of what you're doing" way.
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@Frank
Not a knock-off. The Phantom is pretty much predating dare-devil just like Dinasaurus is predating humankind.
Daredevil vs The Phantom - Battles - Comic Vine
Location: South Africa (Because of the Urban environment mixed with the highly tropical jungle environment, giving both the same advantage)Phantom:-Ar
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I recently this series of books called Archangel Protocol, about artificial intelligence, angels, religion, politics, and the biblical end of the world. The tech side isn't always on point, but interesting, and how it's tied in with the rest is interesting indeed. Here's book one:
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I recently this series of books called Archangel Protocol, about artificial intelligence, angels, religion, politics, and the biblical end of the world. The tech side isn't always on point, but interesting, and how it's tied in with the rest is interesting indeed. Here's book one:
OneBox failure?
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At least clicking it still works...
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This is one of those books that hit me
This is why you should wear a helmet to book launch parties.
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Yeah, it's a textbook on Abstract Algebra. It starts off with monoids, groups, rings, and modules ("vector spaces" over rings instead of fields), polynomials (numbers written in base "x") fields. And then it goes into Galois theory and representation theory. And other topics, like "advanced" linear algebra and homology theory.
Think of it as a 900 page book of puzzles. If you read it and do even half of the exercises, you will be at least 11% smarter. It's a hard subject, though. Still, an old edition is only $7 at abebooks.
And yeah, the book is suitable for a graduate course in abstract algebra.
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Testing:
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Appears that onebox can't redirect some Amazon links.
@DrakeSmith's:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0451458273?pc_redir=1404145874&robot_redir=1
Mine:
http://www.amazon.com/Archangel-Protocol-Forbidden-Land-Morehouse/dp/0451458273
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Interesting. I did pull mine from mobile.
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Looks like a sign of the times book. What impact did the book make on you. Explain why this is the one you picked?
Mostly because I listen to a lot of economics podcasts like Freakonomics, Marketplace, and Planet Money. They had good analogies in the book to explain economics terms. It didn't help my dating life at all, but that's probably because I'm married.
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Freakonomics
This is one book I attempt to read, but give up after he explain about Chicago drug lord and slums.
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The series doesn't get really good until book 5, but your patience will be rewarded.
That literally made me LOL (and no, I don't mind long book series at all).
Amazon.com
The Art of Deception - Wikipedia
