A New History of Modern Computing

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1. agomez314Oct 2022
   A New History of Modern Computing gave me a huge perspective on computers that I felt I lacked vs others who are older. Crafting Interpreters (Nystrom) makes compilers/interpreters not spooky and fun. Operating Systems: 3 Easy pieces and the xv6 OS manual are also great introductory books that got me interested in OS dev.
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2. d136oApr 2022
   I love this question because I’ve also been fascinated with the history of the field, some suggestions below.

   From September 2021:

   A new history of modern computing

   https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/new-history-modern-computing

   Skip around it’s various chapters, it’s fun of little details.

   Also a fun read, this old article about the silicon in Silicon Valley, it’s from a long dead magazine and it’s titled They Would be Gods:

   https://www.dropbox.com/s/l9mi2aqnyf5fp3l/They%20Would%20Be%...

   Lastly, the part I enjoyed the most of Walter Isaacsons bio on Jobs, was the adjacent history.

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3. jll29Apr 2022
   1. Visit Bletchley Park and the attached computer history museum.

   2. Check out a recent computing history book like: Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi (2021) A New History of Modern Computing, Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press.

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4. jonjackyNov 2024
   The standard textbooks by historians are:

   A History of Modern Computing by Paul Ceruzzi

   There is a completely rewritten version of this with an additional author:

   A New History of Modern Computing by Thomas Haigh and Paul Ceruzzi

   Also:

   Computer: A History of the Information Machine by Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray

   There are good books by journalists and popular writers. Favorites on HN are:

   The Dream Machine -- you are already reading this. Also:

   Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy

   Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet by Katie Hafner and Matthey Lyon

   These and many many other books are recomended and described in this HN thread from a few years ago:

   Ask HN: Computer Science/History Books? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22692281

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5. RochusJul 2023
   A new history of modern computing, by Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi, The MIT Press, 2021
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6. navesApr 2023
   A History of Modern Computing, Second Edition by Paul E. Ceruzzi (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262532037/a-history-of-modern-c...) is a joy to read and a masterpiece, only second to The Dream Machine imho.

   He has a new book on the topic, A New History of Modern Computing (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262542906/a-new-history-of-mode...) but unfortunately, I have not read it yet.

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