Ask HN: Favourite science history book of the 20th century? I like the anecdotes and interesting lives of 20th century mathematicians/computer scientist, suggest me please your favourite history book about them. |
Ask HN: Favourite science history book of the 20th century? I like the anecdotes and interesting lives of 20th century mathematicians/computer scientist, suggest me please your favourite history book about them. |
Also Douglas Coupland's 'Microserfs', described as "Here's a guy who seems to have spent a week with engineers and effortlessly absorbed everything that is important about engineering culture, everything that matters about working at a big company, and everything that matters about working at a startup." https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2748.Microserfs