Computing Universe

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1. mablopouleJul 2023
   Obviously computer-centered, but I strongly recommend "The Computing Universe" by Tony Hey and Gyuri Pápay.

   While obviously touching Alan Turing's contribution, it doesn't just call it at day, but goes in detail on the history of networking, of memory, of the web, of "personal computers" companies, with tons of little asides on specific contributors, or projects.

   https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/computing-universe/2542...

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2. niklasdJun 2020
   I really liked "The Computing Universe" by Tony Hey. It's a book which covers most of these topics on a higher level, but I felt it was (very roughly) an abstract of what I learned in the first CS semester. So I find it a very good introduction into the field for interested non-CS people.
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