I've always been interested in the history of technology. Or at least, ever since Sid Meier gave me a technology tree in Civilization. Along the way I collected a large number of books that helped shape how I thought about computing, and technology in general. Then I sat down to write a little book on the history of computers, just before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Next thing I knew, my little 300 to 400 page book was 500, then 1,000, and ultimately over 2,000 pages. That journey took me far outside the comfort of my own personal library, into the realm of a podcast, the hallowed halls of academia, museums, eBay (to get actual devices to see where I'd been misled by marketers), and off-air (and sometimes off-record) oral histories with some of people who wrote foundational code or texts about the nascent computing industry when it was young.

Once I started to write, I found myself pulling in more and more academic works. Therefore, I wanted to split this list of resources used into the ones used in the book itself, but then I also wanted to include those where they maybe didn't supply specific facts (named entities in machine learning-speak) but instead helped shape the philosophy behind it. And there is a philosophy, even if it changed between when the book was started and when it was finished. Although if there's one thing I've learned, over the course of updating facts for the past 6 years is that the history of technology has never changed faster. That might be new discoveries about ancient facts we had wrong, companies that got acquired, or technology that seemed dominant but by the publication of the book had already become outdated.

Ultimately, the book began with an idea that there were these moments that changed everything. Moments where a big discovery was made, or a device introduced - and that changed the world. That highlights the contributions of a few talented philosophers, scientists, and engineers. It's somewhat easier to tell that story, because there are less people to discuss. It's also an oversimplification, which is necessary when telling history. Don't put on blinders and you'll end up unable to keep a reader. The truth is that there's been a slow, steady, but building evolution in technology since those early humans discovered how to leverage the six types of simple machines.

I hate leaving all the people and resources that don't appear in the book - or this list. But it has to stop somewhere, and at 2,000 pages, the book already has to be split up. So the following chapter list is likely to be edited to indicate the updated titles/volumes of the finished work.

Official Citation List for the History of Computers, from Springer/Apress

Chapter 0: A Brief History of the World
Chapter 1: The Evolution of Philosophy and Technology
Chapter 2: Early Mainframes
Chapter 3: Minicomputers and Timesharing
Chapter 4: Microcomputers and Early Personal Computing
Chapter 5: The Emergence of Peripherals and Components
Chapter 6: The Family Tree of Programming Languages
Chapter 7: How Operating Systems Evolved
Chapter 8: Early Computer Networking
Chapter 9: The Early Nets
Chapter 10: Web 1.0
Chapter 11: Web 2.0
Chapter 12: The Business of Software
Chapter 13: Games
Chapter 14: The Cloud and Digital Sovereignty
Chapter 15: The Post-PC Era
Chapter 16: Convergence, Not Singularity

Assets used to research and document the history of computing before the writing really began in earnest

Books used to research and document the history of computers
Books used to analyze how the general history of technology, science, and philosophy shaped technology and the modern worldview
Technical Books
Books used to analyze the business of computing
3D printed materials used in the history of computing book
Podcasts referenced
Citations
Image Attributions (forthcoming)
Oral Histories and Written Interviews (forthcoming)
Special Thanks

Books used in researching and documenting the history of computers

In the Beginning was the Command Line, Neal Stephenson https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-was-Command-Line/dp/0380815931
UNIX: A History and a Memoir, Brian Kernighan https://www.amazon.com/UNIX-History-Memoir-Brian-Kernighan/dp/1695978552
Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson-audiobook/dp/B07ZMKXMTG
How the Internet Happened, Brian McCullough https://www.amazon.com/How-Internet-Happened-Netscape-iPhone/dp/1631493078
Engines of the Mind: The Evolution of the Computer from Mainframes to Microprocessors, Joel N. Shurkin https://www.amazon.com/Engines-Mind-Evolution-Mainframes-Microprocessors/dp/0393314715
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea: Marc Randolph https://www.amazon.com/That-Will-Never-Work-audiobook/dp/B07X7JH5ZH
Before the Computer, James Cortada https://www.amazon.com/Before-Computer-Burroughs-Remington-1865-1956/dp/0691050457
Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal: Nick Bolton https://www.amazon.com/Hatching-Twitter-Story-Friendship-Betrayal/dp/1591847087
Queuing Systems, Leonard Kleinrock https://www.amazon.com/Queueing-Systems-Vol-Computer-Applications/dp/047149111X (Volumes 1 and 2)
Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering, Ralson https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-computer-science-engineering-Anthony/dp/0442244967
Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age: Michael Hiltzik https://www.amazon.com/Dealers-Lightning-Xerox-PARC-Computer/dp/0887309895
Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2e, Matt Barton https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Desktops-History-Computer-Role-Playing/dp/1568814119
Computer Peripherals That You Can Build, Wolfe https://www.amazon.com/Computer-peripherals-that-you-build/dp/083062449X
Computer Lib/Dream Machines, Ted Nelson https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Lib-Dream-Machines-Revised/dp/0914845497
The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley’s Most Exclusive School for Startups, Randall Stross https://www.amazon.com/Launch-Pad-Inside-Combinator/dp/1591846587
How to Mutate and Take Over the World, R. U. Sirius and St Jude https://www.amazon.com/How-Mutate-Take-Over-World/dp/0345392167
Computing with Quantum Cats, John Gribbon https://www.amazon.com/Computing-Quantum-Cats-Colossus-Qubits/dp/1616149213
The Second Age of Computer Science, Subrata Dasgupta https://www.amazon.com/Second-Age-Computer-Science-Neural/dp/B07LFKBN4T
Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft, Paul Allen https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Man-Memoir-Cofounder-Microsoft/dp/1591843820
The Department of Mad Scientists, Michael Belfiore https://www.amazon.com/Department-Mad-Scientists-Remaking-Artificial/dp/0062000659
The Imagineers of War, Sharon Weinberger https://www.amazon.com/Imagineers-War-Untold-Pentagon-Changed/dp/0385351798
Technology and Me: 40 years in technology, David Daniel Wertman https://www.amazon.com/Technology-Me-40-years-technology/dp/1521969957
The Perfect Thing, Steven Levy https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Thing-Shuffles-Commerce-Coolness/dp/0743285220
Startupland, Mikkel Svane, Carlye Adler https://www.startupland.com
Wild Ride: Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination, Adam Lashinsky https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Ride-Inside-Ubers-Domination/dp/0735211396
The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions…and Created Plenty of Controversy, Leigh Gallagher https://www.amazon.com/Airbnb-Story-Ordinary-Disrupted-Controversy/dp/0544952669
The Curious History of Dating: From Jane Austen to Tinder, Nichi Hodgson https://www.amazon.com/Curious-History-Dating-Austen-Tinder/dp/1472138066
All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster, Joseph Menn https://www.amazon.com/All-Rave-Shawn-Fannings-Napster-ebook/dp/B0052YWXGS
The Story of the Computer: A Technical and Business History, Stephen Marshall https://www.amazon.com/Story-Computer-Technical-Business-History/dp/1546849076
The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living, Randy Komisar https://www.amazon.com/Monk-Riddle-Creating-Making-Living/dp/1578516447
Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons, Michael Witwer https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Imagination-Gygax-Dungeons-Dragons-ebook/dp/B01158JTM0
Software: A Technical History, Kim Tracy https://www.amazon.com/Software-Technical-History-Acm-Books/dp/145038725X
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, Brad Stone https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Store-Jeff-Bezos-Amazon/dp/0316239909
We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency, Parmy Olson https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Inside-LulzSec-Insurgency/dp/0316213527
Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet, Andrew Blum https://www.amazon.com/Tubes-Journey-Internet-Andrew-Blum/dp/0061994952
The Daemon, the Gnu, and the Penguin, Peter H. Salus, Jeremy C. Reed https://www.amazon.com/Daemon-Gnu-Penguin-Peter-Salus/dp/097903423X
From Mainframes to Smartphones: A History of the International Computer Industry, Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz https://www.amazon.com/Mainframes-Smartphones-International-Computer-Industry/dp/0674729064
A People’s History of Computing in the United States, Joy Lisi Rankin https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674970977
The Computer Book: From the Abacus to Artificial Intelligence, 250 Milestones in the History of Computer Science (Sterling Milestones), Simson L Garfinkel and Rachel H. Grunspan https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Book-Artificial-Intelligence-Milestones/dp/145492621X
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World, Simon Winchester https://www.amazon.com/Perfectionists-Precision-Engineers-Created-Modern/dp/0062652559
Atari Age, Michael Z Newman https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/atari-age
The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer, Doron Swade https://www.amazon.com/Difference-Engine-Charles-Babbage-Computer/dp/0142001449
A History of the ARPANET: The First Decade, BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA115440
Innovation and the Communications Revolution: From the Victorian pioneers to broadband Internet, John Bray https://www.amazon.com/Innovation-Communications-Revolution-Management-Technology/dp/0852962185
Androids: And the Team that Built the Android Operating System https://www.amazon.com/Androids-Built-Android-Operating-System-ebook/dp/B09QPMNWS5
Permanent Record, Edward Snowden https://www.amazon.com/Permanent-Record-Edward-Snowden/dp/1250237238
Makers of the Microchip: A Documentary History of Fairchild Semiconductor, Christophe Lécuyer , David C. Brock https://www.amazon.com/Makers-Microchip-Documentary-Fairchild-Semiconductor/dp/0262014246
Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age, Leslie Berlin https://www.amazon.com/Troublemakers-Silicon-Valleys-Coming-Age/dp/1451651503
Billion Dollar Fantasy: The High-Stakes Game Between FanDuel and DraftKings That Upended Sports in America, Albert Chen https://www.amazon.com/Billion-Dollar-Fantasy-High-Stakes-DraftKings/dp/0544911148
The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution, T.R. Reid
Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World, Joseph Mens https://www.amazon.com/Cult-Dead-Cow-Original-Supergroup/dp/1549126202
Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything, Steven Levy https://www.amazon.com/INSANELY-GREAT-Macintosh-Computer-Everything/dp/0670852449
Crypto, Steven Levy https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IATDCO
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet, Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon https://www.amazon.com/Where-Wizards-Stay-Up-Late/dp/0684832674
Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary, Arnold Thackray https://www.amazon.com/Moores-Law-Silicon-Valleys-Revolutionary/dp/0465055648
Computing: A Business History, Lars Nielsen https://www.amazon.com/Computing-Business-History-Lars-Nielsen/dp/0615675778
Charles Babbage from the Beginning, Lucy May Simister https://www.amazon.com/Charles-Babbage-Beginning-Lucy-Simister/dp/1512149195
The ARPAnet Sourcebook: The Unpublished Foundations of the Internet, Peter H. Salus https://www.amazon.com/ARPAnet-Sourcebook-Unpublished-Foundations-Revisited/dp/1573980005
A History Computing: From MainFrames to online everything, David Daniel Wertman https://www.amazon.com/Mainframes-Smartphones-International-Computer-Industry/dp/0674729064
Forged in War: How a Century of War Created Today’s Information Society, R David Lankes https://www.amazon.com/Forged-War-Century-Created-Information/dp/1538148951
The Golden Age of Computer Technology: Through the Eyes of an Aging Geek, Marvin Zelkowitz https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Age-Computer-Technology-Through-ebook/dp/B084VW2HTF
Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America: Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews https://www.amazon.com/Gates-Microsofts-Reinvented-Industry-Himself/dp/0671880748
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software (Developer Best Practices), Charles Petzold https://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Software/dp/0735611319
What the Doormouse Said, John Markoff https://www.amazon.com/What-Dormouse-Said-Counterculture-Personal/dp/0143036769
The Logician and the Engineer: How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age, Paul J. Nahin https://www.amazon.com/Logician-Engineer-Shannon-Created-Information/dp/0691176000
Creative Selection, Ken Kocienda https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Selection-Inside-Apples-Process/dp/1250194466
The Life and Work of George Boole: A Prelude to the Digital Age, Desmond MacHale https://www.amazon.com/Life-Work-George-Boole-Prelude/dp/1782050043
Computer: A History of the Information Machine (The Sloan Technology Series), Martin Campbell-Kelly https://www.amazon.com/Computer-History-Information-Machine-Technology/dp/0813345901
Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting, Jason Farman https://www.amazon.com/Delayed-Response-Waiting-Ancient-Instant/dp/0300225679
Alan Turing: The Life and Legacy of the English Computer Scientist Who Became World War II’s Most Famous Codebreaker, Charles River Editors https://www.amazon.com/Alan-Turing-Computer-Scientist-Codebreaker/dp/1722081678
The Cryotron Files: The Untold Story of Dudley Buck, Cold War Computer Scientist and Microchip Pioneer, Iain Dey, Douglas Buck, Alan Dewey https://www.amazon.com/Cryotron-Files-Computer-Scientist-Microchip/dp/1468315773
Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients, David Hatcher Childress https://www.amazon.com/Technology-Gods-Incredible-Sciences-Ancients/dp/0932813739
Replay: The History of Video Games, Tristan Donovan, Richard Garriott https://www.amazon.com/Replay-History-Video-Tristan-Donovan/dp/0956507204
Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft https://www.amazon.com/Netscape-Time-Billion-Dollar-Start-Up-Microsoft/dp/0312199341
A History of Algorithms: From The Pebble To The Microchip, Jean-Luc Chabert and J.-C. Martzloff https://www.amazon.com/History-Algorithms-Pebble-Microchip/dp/3540633693
Computing: A Concise History: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series, Paul E. Ceruzzi https://www.amazon.com/Computing-Concise-History-Essential-Knowledge/dp/0262517671
IBM In Endicott, Suzanne Meredith https://www.amazon.com/IBM-Endicott-Suzanne-Meredith/dp/1531621805
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution: 25th Anniversary Edition, Steven Levy https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003PDMKIY
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, Walter Isaacson https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Hackers-Geniuses-Created-Revolution/dp/1476708703
A History of Modern Computing (History of Computing), Paul Ceruzzi and William Aspray https://www.amazon.com/History-Modern-Computing/dp/0262532034
Dreaming in Code, Scott Rosenberg https://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Code-Programmers-Transcendent-Software/dp/1400082471
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, Mike Isaac https://www.amazon.com/Super-Pumped-Battle-Mike-Isaac/dp/0393652246
The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti, Meryle Secrest https://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Affair-Olivetti-Conspiracy-Production/dp/0451493656
Masters of Doom, David Kushner https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Culture/dp/0812972155
The Players Ball, David Kushner https://www.amazon.com/Players-Ball-Genius-History-Internets/dp/1501122142
Jacked The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto, David Kushner https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DNL4388/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
Kingpin, Kevin Poulsen https://www.amazon.com/Kingpin-Hacker-Billion-Dollar-Cybercrime-Underground/dp/0307588696
Paper: Paging Through History, Mark Kurlansky https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Through-History-Mark-Kurlansky/dp/0393353702
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, James Gleick https://www.amazon.com/Information-History-Theory-Flood/dp/1400096235
Future Histories, Lizzie O'Shea https://www.amazon.com/Future-Histories-Lovelace-Commune-Technology/dp/1788734300
The Well, Katie Hafner https://www.amazon.com/Well-Story-Seminal-Online-Community/dp/0786708468
Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War, Fred Kaplan https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Territory-Secret-History-Cyber/dp/1476763267
Cyberspies, Gordon Corera https://www.amazon.com/Cyberspies-History-Surveillance-Hacking-Espionage/dp/1681774593
Endless Loop: The History of the BASIC Programming Language, Mark Jones Lorenzo https://www.amazon.com/Endless-Loop-Programming-All-purpose-Instruction/dp/1974277070
The Case of IBM 386 PC: A Detective Story for Techies, Jim Grep https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082VKD2N7
The Fall of Telecom: A Wall Street Analyst’s True Story Of The Telecom Industry, Thomas J. Lauria https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Telecom-Street-Analysts-Industry/dp/1435704460
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation, Jon Gertner https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Factory-Great-American-Innovation/dp/0143122797
Pioneer Programmer: Jean Jennings Bartik and the Computer that Changed the World, Jean Jennings Bartik https://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-Programmer-Jennings-Computer-Changed/dp/1612480861
ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer, Scott McCartney, Adams Morgan, et al. https://www.amazon.com/Eniac-Triumphs-Tragedies-Worlds-Computer/dp/0802713483
The Decline and Fall of IBM: End of an American Icon?, Robert Cringely https://www.amazon.com/Decline-Fall-IBM-American-Icon/dp/0990444422
Sandworm, Andy Greenberg https://www.amazon.com/Sandworm-Cyberwar-Kremlins-Dangerous-Hackers/dp/0525564632
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround, Louis V. Gerstner Jr. https://www.amazon.com/Who-Says-Elephants-Cant-Dance/dp/0060523808
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, Marc Levinson https://www.amazon.com/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-Economy/dp/0691170819
Dot.con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era, John Cassidy https://www.amazon.com/Dot-America-Lost-Money-Internet/dp/0060008814
Origins of the Crash: The Great Bubble and Its Undoing, Roger Lowenstein https://www.amazon.com/Origins-Crash-Great-Bubble-Undoing/dp/0143034677
Totally Wired: The Rise and Fall of Josh Harris and The Great Dotcom Swindle, Andrew Smith https://www.amazon.com/Totally-Wired-Harris-Dotcom-Swindle/dp/080212934X
Facebook: The Inside Story, Steven Levy https://www.amazon.com/Facebook-Inside-Story-Steven-Levy/dp/0735213151
The Perfect Store: Inside eBay, Adam Cohen https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Store-Inside-eBay/dp/0316164933
Making the Cisco Connection: The Story Behind the Real Internet Superpower, David Bunnell and Adam Brate https://www.amazon.com/Making-Cisco-Connection-Internet-Superpower/dp/0471357111
4- and 8-bit Microprocessors, Architecture and History, Patrick Stakem https://www.amazon.com/8-bit-Microprocessors-Architecture-History-Computer/dp/152021572X
Countdown to Zeroday, Kim Zetter https://www.amazon.com/Countdown-Zero-Day-Stuxnet-Digital/dp/0770436196
Free for All, Peter Wayner https://www.amazon.com/Free-All-Software-Movement-High-Tech/dp/0066620503
The Dream Machine, M. Mitchell Waldrop https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Machine-M-Mitchell-Waldrop/dp/1732265119
Hidden Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly and Laura Freeman https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Figures-Story-Black-Women/dp/0062742469
We Are the Nerds: The Birth and Tumultuous Life of Reddit, the Internet's Culture Laboratory, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin https://www.amazon.com/Are-Nerds-Tumultuous-Internets-Laboratory/dp/0316435376
Without Their Permission: The Story of Reddit and a Blueprint for How to Change the World, Alexis Ohanian https://www.amazon.com/Without-Their-Permission-Reddit-Blueprint/dp/1455520012
Ada Lovelace: The Making of a Computer Scientist, Christopher Hollings, Ursula Martin, et al. https://www.amazon.com/Ada-Lovelace-Making-Computer-Scientist/dp/1851244883
To Pixar and Beyond, Lawrence Levy https://www.amazon.com/Pixar-Beyond-Unlikely-Journey-Entertainment-ebook/dp/B01912OSA0
Accidental Empires, Robert X. Cringley
An Internet for the People: The Politics and Promise of craigslist, Jessa Lingel https://www.amazon.com/Internet-People-craigslist-Princeton-Technology/dp/0691188904
America's Information Wars: The Untold Story of Information Systems in America’s Conflicts and Politics from World War II to the Internet Age, by Colin B. Burke https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Information-Wars-Conflicts-Politics/dp/1538112450
A History of the Future: Prophets of Progress from H. G. Wells to Isaac Asimov, Peter J Bowler https://www.amazon.com/History-Future-Prophets-Progress-Asimov/dp/1316602621
Inside the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Wide Area Network: The National Air Defense System, Ronald Paul Milione https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Semi-Automatic-Ground-Environment-Network/dp/B09B71Y6WF/ref=pd_lpo_2?pd_rd_i=B09B71Y6WF&psc=1
The Making of Karateka, Jordan Machner
Sunburst: The Ascent of Sun Microsystems, Mark Hall and John Barry https://www.amazon.com/Sunburst-Ascent-Microsystems-Mark-Hall/dp/0809239892
Project Whirlwind the History of a Pioneer Computer, Kent C. and Thomas M. Smith Redmond https://www.amazon.com/Project-Whirlwind-History-Pioneer-Computer/dp/B0031K5Z92
The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM, Kevin Maney https://www.amazon.com/Maverick-His-Machine-Thomas-Watson/dp/0471679259
An Oral History of L0pht: https://duo.com/decipher/an-oral-history-of-the-l0pht
Free as in Freedom, Sam Williams https://www.amazon.com/Free-Freedom-Richard-Stallmans-Software/dp/0596002874
Broad Band, Claire L. Evans https://www.amazon.com/Broad-Band-Untold-Story-Internet/dp/0735211752
The One Device, Brian Merchant https://www.amazon.com/One-Device-Secret-History-iPhone/dp/031654616X
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker, Kevin Mitnick https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Wires-Adventures-Worlds-Wanted/dp/0316037729
Exploding the Phone: The Untold STory of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell, Phil Lapsley https://www.amazon.com/Exploding-Phone-Untold-Teenagers-Outlaws-ebook/dp/B009SAV5W0
The Man Behind The Microchip, Leslie Berlin https://www.amazon.com/Man-Behind-Microchip-Invention-Silicon/dp/019531199X
The Intel Trinity, Michael Malone, https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Trinity-Robert-Important-Company/dp/0062226762
iWoz, Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith https://www.amazon.com/iWoz-Computer-Invented-Personal-Co-Founded/dp/0393330435
Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer, Michael Swaine, Paul Freiberger https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Valley-Birth-Personal-Computer/dp/1937785769
Coders, Clive Thompson https://www.amazon.com/Coders-Making-Tribe-Remaking-World/dp/0735220565
The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, and Facebook, Scott Galloway https://www.amazon.com/Four-Hidden-Amazon-Facebook-Google/dp/0525501223
In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives, Steven Levy https://www.amazon.com/Plex-Google-Thinks-Works-Shapes/dp/1416596585
Cyber Threats and Nuclear Weapons, Herbert Lin https://www.amazon.com/Cyber-Threats-Nuclear-Weapons-Herbert/dp/1503630390
Sunburst and Luminary: An Apollo Memoir, Don Eyles and David R. Scott https://www.amazon.com/Sunburst-Luminary-Apollo-Don-Eyles/dp/0986385905
Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors, Edward Niedermeyer https://www.amazon.com/Ludicrous-Unvarnished-Story-Tesla-Motors/dp/1948836122
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made, Jason Schreier https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Sweat-Pixels-Triumphant-Turbulent/dp/0062651234
The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet, David Kahn https://www.amazon.com/Codebreakers-Comprehensive-History-Communication-Internet/dp/0684831309
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography, Simon Singh https://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323
The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, Margered O'Mara https://www.amazon.com/Code-Silicon-Valley-Remaking-America/dp/0399562184
Gods and Robots, Adrienne Mayor https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Robots-Machines-Ancient-Technology/dp/0691183511
How Not to Network a Nation: The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet, Benjamin Peters https://www.amazon.com/How-Not-Network-Nation-Information/dp/0262034182
From Newspeak to Cyberspeak: A History of Soviet Cybernetics, Slava Gerovitch https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/newspeak-cyberspeak
A History Of Computer Operating Systems: Unix, Dos, Lisa, Macintosh, Windows, Linux, Jon Watson https://www.amazon.com/History-Computer-Operating-Systems-Macintosh/dp/1934840459
Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary, Linus Torvalds and David Diamond https://www.amazon.com/Just-Fun-Story-Accidental-Revolutionary/dp/0066620732
Sid Meier's Memoir!, Sid Meier https://www.amazon.com/Sid-Meiers-Memoir-Computer-Games/dp/1324005874
GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones, Richard Easton and Eric Frazier https://www.amazon.com/GPS-Declassified-Smart-Bombs-Smartphones/dp/1612344089
Mindf-ck: Cambridge Analytica, Christopher Wylie https://www.amazon.com/Mindf-Cambridge-Analytica-Break-America/dp/1984854631
Microsoft's First Generation Cheryl Tsang https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-First-Generation-Visionaries-Technology/dp/0471332062
Empires of Light, Jill Jonnes https://www.amazon.com/Empires-Light-Edison-Westinghouse-Electrify/dp/0375758844
A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age, Rob Goodman, Jimmy Soni https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Play-Shannon-Invented-Information/dp/1476766681
Medieval Robots: ER Truitt https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Robots-Mechanism-Nature-Middle/dp/0812223578
Tomorrowland: Our Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact, Steven Kotler https://www.amazon.com/Tomorrowland-Journey-Science-Fiction-Fact-ebook/dp/B00O4IA82E
8-Bit Apocalypse: The Untold Story of Atari's Missle Command, Alex Rubens https://www.amazon.com/8-Bit-Apocalypse-Untold-Missile-Command/dp/1468316443
Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the US Army, 1917-1945, David Johnson https://www.amazon.com/Fast-Tanks-Heavy-Bombers-Innovation/dp/0801488478
Living with Frankenstein, Stephen Schkolne https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088SK21WT
Cyber Wars: Hacks That Shocked The Business World, Charles Arthur https://www.amazon.com/Cyber-Wars-Hacks-Shocked-Business/dp/0749482001
Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea That Rules The World, David Berlinski https://www.amazon.com/Advent-Algorithm-Idea-Rules-World/dp/0151003386
Conquering The Electron, Derek Cheung, Eric Brach https://www.amazon.com/Conquering-Electron-Visionaries-Egomaniacs-Scoundrels/dp/B084RWVJRV
The Master Switch, Tim Wu https://www.amazon.com/Master-Switch-Rise-Information-Empires/dp/0307390993
Artificial Life, The Quest for a New Creation, Steven Levy https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067940774X
The Soul of a New Machine, Tracy Kidder https://www.amazon.com/Soul-New-Machine-Tracy-Kidder/dp/0316491977
The Network, Scott Woolley https://www.amazon.com/Network-Battle-Airwaves-Birth-Communications/dp/0062242768
Longitude, Dava Sobel https://www.amazon.com/Longitude-Dava-Sobel-audiobook/dp/B0023UCMLK
AI Narratives, Stephen Cave https://www.amazon.com/AI-Narratives-Imaginative-Thinking-Intelligent/dp/0198846665
Writing on the Wall, Tom Standage https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Wall-Social-Media-First/dp/1620402858
Bitcoin: A Consise History, Eric Morse https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Concise-History-Eric-Morse/dp/1521750572
Red Moon Rising, Sputnik, and the Hiden Rivals That Ignited The Space Age, Matthew Brzezinski https://www.amazon.com/Red-Moon-Rising-audiobook/dp/B000W7E5DY
The Victorian Internet, Tom Standage https://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Internet-Remarkable-Nineteenth-line/dp/162040592X
No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram, Sarah Frier https://www.amazon.com/No-Filter-Inside-Story-Instagram/dp/1982126809
Dawn of the Code War, John P Carlin, Garrett Graff https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Code-War-Americas-Against-ebook/dp/B079M8813N
Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History, Thomas Rid https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Machines-Cybernetic-Thomas-Rid/dp/0393286002
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions, Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths https://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-Live-Computer-Science-Decisions/dp/1627790365
The Road Taken, Henry Petroski https://www.amazon.com/The-Road-Taken-Henry-Petroski-audiobook/dp/B01IBZ9TP2
Open: How Compaq Ended IBM's PC Domination and Helped Invent Modern Computing, Rod Canion https://www.amazon.com/Open-Rod-Canion-audiobook/dp/B00EZB9UGK
Black Software, Charlton D Mcllwain https://www.amazon.com/Black-Software-Internet-Justice-AfroNet/dp/B086VPG23G
The Friendly Orange Glow, Brian Dear https://www.amazon.com/Friendly-Orange-Glow-Untold-Cyberculture/dp/1101871555
When Computing Got Personal, Matt Nicholson https://www.amazon.com/When-Computing-Got-Personal-Computer/dp/B00UQR7EWY
End of the Line, The Rise and Fall of AT&T, Leslie Cauley https://www.amazon.com/End-Line-Leslie-Cauley/dp/1439123098
Anticipating Change, Secrets Behind the SAP Empire, Dr. Hasso Plattner https://www.amazon.com/Anticipating-Change-Secrets-Behind-Empire/dp/0761529136
Soviet Space Graphics, Alexandra Sankova https://www.amazon.com/Soviet-Space-Graphics-Cosmic-Visions/dp/1838660534
A History of Photography, Taschen https://www.amazon.com/History-Photography-1839-Present/dp/3836540991
Introduction to Computers and Data Processing, Shelly & Cashman https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Computers-Data-Processing-Shelly/dp/0882361155
Endless Loop, The History of the BASIC Programming Language, Mark Jones Lorenzo https://www.amazon.com/Endless-Loop-Programming-All-purpose-Instruction/dp/1974277070
The Evolution of Wired Life, Charles Jonscher https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Wired-Life-Soul-Catcher-Technologies/dp/0471392987
Showstopper, G Pascal Zachary https://www.amazon.com/Showstopper-Breakneck-Windows-Generation-Microsoft/dp/1497638836
danger.com, Joran Cray https://www.amazon.com/Gemini7-danger-com-Jordan-Cray/dp/1416998470
Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age, Kurt Beyer https://www.amazon.com/Invention-Information-Lemelson-Studies-Innovation/dp/0262517264
A New History of Modern Computing, Paul E. Ceruzzi and Thomas Haigh https://www.amazon.com/New-History-Modern-Computing/dp/0262542900
Inventions that Changed the World, The History of the Computer https://www.amazon.com/History-Computer-Inventions-Changed-World/dp/1403496552
Grace Hopper, Computing Pioneer https://www.amazon.com/Grace-Hopper-Programming-Pioneer-Superstars/dp/0716765993
The 100 Greatest Retro Video Games https://www.amazon.com/100-Greatest-Retro-Videogames-Stories/dp/1787393089/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2AHS0R5HRQZ3Z&keywords=the+100+greatest+retro+videogames&qid=1651268818&s=books&sprefix=the+100+greatest+retr%2Cstripbooks%2C87&sr=1-1
The Filing Cabinet, Craig Robertson https://www.amazon.com/Filing-Cabinet-Vertical-History-Information/dp/1517909465
Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution https://www.amazon.com/Open-Sources-Voices-Source-Revolution/dp/1565925823 Softwar, an Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle, Matthew Symonds https://www.amazon.com/Softwar-Intimate-Portrait-Ellison-Oracle/dp/0743225058
The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison, Mike Wilson https://www.amazon.com/Difference-Between-God-Larry-Ellison/dp/0060008768
An Introduction to Microcomputers, Volume 1: Basic Concepts, Adam Osborne https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Microcomputers-Vol-Basic-Concepts/dp/0931988349
The Age of Machines, Ray Kurzweil https://www.amazon.com/Age-Spiritual-Machines-Computers-Intelligence/dp/0140282025
Basic Machines and How They Work, Navedtra https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Machines-How-They-Work/dp/0486217094
Dawn of the New Everything, Jeron Lanier https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-New-Everything-Encounters-Reality/dp/1627794093
The Google Story, David A Vise https://www.amazon.com/Google-Story-David-Vise/dp/B0028N72A8
The History of Computers, Les Freed https://www.amazon.com/History-Computers-Freed/dp/1562762753
Go To, Steve Lohr https://www.amazon.com/Engineers-Scientists-Iconoclasts-Programmers-Revolution/dp/0465042260
Howard Aiken, Portrait of a Computer Pioneer I. Bernard Cohen https://www.amazon.com/Howard-Aiken-Portrait-Computer-Computing/dp/0262032627
Prefiguring Cyberculture; An Intellectual History, David Tofts, Annemarie Jonson, and Alessio Cavallaro https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/prefiguring-cyberculture
The Analytical Engine Computers, Past, Present, and Future, Jeremy Bernstein https://www.amazon.com/Analytical-Engine-Computers-Present-Future/dp/0394415051
The Computer and the Brain, John von Neumann https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Brain-Silliman-Memorial-Lectures/dp/0300181116
The Computer Prophets, Dr Jerry M Rosenberg https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Prophets-Jerry-M-Rosenberg/dp/0026049600
Programmed Inequality, Mar Hicks https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/programmed-inequality
Prisoner's Dilemma, William Poundstone https://www.amazon.com/Prisoners-Dilemma-Neumann-Theory-Puzzle/dp/038541580X
The Difference Engine, Doron Swade https://www.amazon.com/Difference-Engine-Charles-Babbage-Computer/dp/0670910201
The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer, David Leavitt https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Knew-Too-Much/dp/0393329097
The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Eric S Raymond https://www.amazon.com/Cathedral-Bazaar-Musings-Accidental-Revolutionary/dp/0596001088
Game On! Dustin Hansen https://www.amazon.com/Game-Video-History-Pac-Man-Minecraft/dp/1250080959
HR Pioneers, Jensen, Berq, Dawe, Morris, & Baker https://www.amazon.com/HR-Pioneers-Resource-Innovations-Corporation/dp/0878396535
The Computer Pioneers, David Ritchie https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Pioneers-Making-Modern/dp/067152397X
Final Jeopardy, The Story of Watson, the computer that will transofrm the world, Stephen Baker https://www.amazon.com/Final-Jeopardy-Stephen-Baker/dp/0547747195
The Universal History of Computing, Georges Ifrah https://www.amazon.com/Universal-History-Computing-Quantum-Computer/dp/0471441473
The Cuckoo's Egg, Cliff Stoll https://www.amazon.com/Cuckoos-Egg-Tracking-Computer-Espionage/dp/1416507787
The Paper Computer Unvolded (CARDIAC, LMC, IPC, Mark Jones Lorenzo https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Computer-Unfolded-Twenty-First-Illustrative/dp/1537421131
Valley of Genius, Adam Fisher https://www.amazon.com/Valley-Genius-Uncensored-History-Founders/dp/1455559024
Speeding The Net, Joshua Quittner and Michelle Statalla https://www.amazon.com/Speeding-Net-Joshua-Quittner/dp/0752810502
Cyberspies, Gordon Corera https://www.amazon.com/Cyberspies-History-Surveillance-Hacking-Espionage/dp/1681774593
The Outsourcer, The Story of India's IT Revolution, Dinesh C Sharma https://www.amazon.com/Outsourcer-Indias-Revolution-History-Computing/dp/0262028751
Supermen, Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards Behind The Supercomputer, Charles J Murray https://www.amazon.com/Supermen-Seymour-Technical-Wizards-Supercomputer/dp/0471048852
The Real Story of Informix Software and Phil White, Steve W Martin https://www.amazon.com/Real-Story-Informix-Software-White/dp/0972182225
The First Information War, Campen https://www.amazon.com/First-Information-War-Communications-Intelligence/dp/0916159248
Spam Nation, Brian Krebs https://www.amazon.com/Spam-Nation-Organized-Cybercrime_from-Epidemic/dp/1501210424
Programming the Universe, Seth Lloyd https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Universe-Quantum-Computer-Scientist/dp/1400033861
Losing the Signal, The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of Blackberry https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Signal-Extraordinary-Spectacular-BlackBerry/dp/1250096065
Dark Territory, The Secret History of Cyber War, Fred Kaplan https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Territory-Secret-History-Cyber/dp/1476763267
The History of the Future, Blake J. Harris https://www.amazon.com/History-Future-Facebook-Revolution-Virtual/dp/0062455966
The Story Of Computing, Dermot Turing https://www.amazon.com/Story-Computing-John-Dermot-Turing-ebook/dp/B07CYZ2L7Q
Apple Confidential 2.0, Owen Linzmayer https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Confidential-2-0-Definitive-Colorful/dp/1593270100
Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, Glyn Moody https://www.amazon.com/Rebel-Code-Linux-Source-Revolution/dp/0738203335
The Information: A History, a theory, a flood, James Gleick https://www.amazon.com/Information-History-Theory-Flood/dp/1400096235
Understanding the Digital World, Brian W. Kernighan https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Digital-World-Computers-Internet/dp/069117654X
Computers: The Life Story of a Technology, Eric G Swedin and David L. Ferro https://www.amazon.com/Computers-Technology-Eric-G-Swedin/dp/0801887747
The Comic Book Story of Video Games, Jonathan Hennessey https://www.amazon.com/Comic-Book-Story-Video-Games/dp/0399578900
Three Degrees Above Zero, Jeremy Bernstein https://www.amazon.com/Three-Degrees-Above-Zero-Information/dp/0451625293
History of the Internet, Christos Moschovitis, Hilary Poole, Tami Schuyler, and Theresa Senft https://www.amazon.com/History-Internet-Chronology-1843-Present/dp/1576071189
Dungeons & Dreamers, Brad King and John Borland https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dreamers-Rise-Computer-Culture/dp/0072228881
A Simple Lambda-Calculus Model of Programming Languages, S. Kamal Abbali https://www.amazon.com/Lambda-Calculus-Programming-Languages-Classic-Reprint/dp/1332196020
Digital State, The Story of Minnesota's Computing Industry, Thomas J. Misa https://www.amazon.com/Digital-State-Minnesotas-Computing-Industry/dp/0816683328
A New Kind of Science, Stephen Wolfram https://www.wolframscience.com/nks/
Audel Millwrights and Mechanics Guide, Carl Nelson, Thomas Davis https://www.amazon.com/Audel-Millwrights-Mechanics-Guide-Thomas/dp/0764541714
The History of the Fortran Programming Language, Mark Jones Lorenzo https://www.amazon.com/Abstracting-Away-Machine-Programming-TRANslation/dp/1082395943
In Our Own Image, George Zarkadakis https://www.amazon.com/Our-Own-Image-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1681773538
The Computer, An Illustrated History from Its Origins to the Present Day, Mark Frauenfelder https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Illustrated-History-Origins-Present/dp/1780976992
Structuring the Past, The Use of Computers In History, Janice L Reiff https://www.amazon.com/Structuring-Past-Use-Computers-History/dp/0872290506
Decoding the Heavens, Jo Marchant https://www.amazon.com/Decoding-Heavens-000-Year-Old-Computer-Century-long/dp/0306818612
Our Changing World, The History of the Computer, Barbara A Somervill https://www.amazon.com/History-Changing-Timeline-Somervill-2006-01-31/dp/B01F7Y89J2
The Plot to Hack America, Malcolm Nance https://www.amazon.com/Plot-Hack-America-Cyberspies-WikiLeaks/dp/1510723323
The Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech, Peter Leigh https://www.amazon.com/Nostalgia-Nerds-Retro-Tech-Computer-ebook/dp/B07DTKRVYQ
Cyberpunk, Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, Katie Hafner and John Markoff https://www.amazon.com/CYBERPUNK-Outlaws-Hackers-Computer-Frontier/dp/0684818620
The Story of Microsoft, Musolf https://www.amazon.com/Story-Microsoft-Built-Success-Hardcover/dp/1583416072
Ideas that Created the Future, Harry Lewis https://www.amazon.com/Ideas-That-Created-Future-Computer/dp/0262045303
Inventing the Future, Albert Cory https://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Future-Albert-Cory/dp/1736298615
Live Wires, A History of Electronic Music, Daniel Warner https://www.amazon.com/Live-Wires-History-Electronic-Music/dp/178023824X
Engines of the Mind, A History of the Computer, Joel Shurkin https://www.amazon.com/Engines-Mind-Evolution-Mainframes-Microprocessors/dp/0393314715
Game Invaders, The Theory and Understanding of Computer Games, Clive Fencott, Mike Lockyer, Jo Clay, and Paul Massey https://www.amazon.com/Game-Invaders-Theory-Understanding-Computer/dp/0470597186
The First Computers, History and Architectures https://www.amazon.com/First-Computers-History-Architectures-History-Computing/dp/0262681374
The History of Technology From a Linux Perspective: Four Breif General Technology Events for Each Year From 1991 to 2021, Dakota Lyons https://www.amazon.com/History-Technology-Linux-Perspective-General/dp/B09W1XRLNK
Computer, A History of the Information machine, Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray https://www.amazon.com/Computer-History-Information-Machine-Technology/dp/0813345901
Marc Andreessen: Web Warrior, Ehrenhaft https://www.amazon.com/Marc-Andreesson-Web-Warrior-Techies/dp/0761319646
Larry Ellison: Sheer Nerve, Ehrenhaft https://www.amazon.com/Larry-Ellison-Sheer-Nerve-Techies/dp/076131962X
Home Computers, 100 Icons that defined a digital generation https://www.amazon.com/Home-Computers-Defined-Digital-Generation/dp/0262044013
The Best of Creative Computing, Volumes 1 and 2, Ahl https://www.amazon.com/Best-Creative-Computing-1/dp/0916688011
Mind Grenades, Plunkett and Rossetto https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Grenades-Manifestos-John-Plunkett/dp/1888869003
The Future of Work, Charles Grantham https://www.amazon.com/Future-Work-Promise-Charles-Grantham/dp/B000OFUWO0
Great Papers in Computer Science https://www.amazon.com/Papers-Computer-Science-Phillip-Laplante/dp/0780311124
The Making of the Micro, Christopher Evans https://www.amazon.com/Making-Micro-History-Computer/dp/0442222408

Note: Thanks to Drew Diver for his additions to the list!!!

Books Used In Analyzing how the ancient history of technology, science, and philosophy shaped the modern worldview

True History, Lucian https://www.amazon.com/Lucians-History-illustrated-Lucian-Samosata/dp/B086C33WTH
The Mechanism of Weaving, Thomas W Fox (1922) https://www.amazon.com/Mechanism-Weaving-Classic-Reprint/dp/0282136517
Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences, Galileo Galilei https://www.amazon.com/Dialogues-Concerning-Two-New-Sciences/dp/161427794X
The Evolution of Technology by George Basalla https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Technology-Cambridge-Studies-History/dp/0521296811
Civilizations by Filipe Fernández-Armesto, https://www.amazon.com/Civilizations-Culture-Ambition-Transformation-Nature/dp/074320249X
A Short History of Technology: From The Earliest Times to AD 1900 from TK Derry and Trevor I Williams https://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Technology-Earliest-D/dp/0486274721
Communication in History Technology, Culture, Society, David Crowley, Paul Heyer https://www.amazon.com/Communication-History-Cases-David-Crowley/dp/0205693091
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson https://www.amazon.com/Leonardo-da-Vinci-Walter-Isaacson-audiobook/dp/B071S8BNDP
Timelines in Science, by the Smithsonian https://www.amazon.com/Timelines-Science-Ultimate-Visual-Discoveries/dp/1465442472
Mediations from Marcus Aurelius https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Marcus-Aurelius/dp/195157026X
Pneumatics from Philo of Byzantium or Hero of Alexandria https://www.amazon.com/Pneumatica-Pneumatics-Hero-Alexandria/dp/1519729006
1. An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, on Which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities, George Boole https://www.amazon.com/laws-thought-George-Boole/dp/1236936302
The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe https://www.amazon.com/Right-Stuff-Tom-Wolfe/dp/0312427565
Natural History from Pliny The Elder https://www.amazon.com/Natural-History-Selection-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140444130
Cassius Dio’s Roman History https://www.amazon.com/Statius-Cassius-History-Classical-Library/dp/0674991931
Annals from Tacitus https://www.amazon.com/Annals-Imperial-Rome-Cornelius-Tacitus/dp/1420926683
Orations by Cicero https://www.amazon.com/Ciceros-Orations-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486822850
Ethics, Rhetoric, Metaphysics, and Politics by Aristotle https://www.amazon.com/Metaphysics-New-Hackett-Aristotle/dp/1624664393
Symposium, Plato https://www.amazon.com/Symposium-Penguin-Classics-Plato/dp/0140449272
The Trial & Execution of Socrates, Plato https://www.amazon.com/Trial-Execution-Socrates-Sources-Controversies/dp/0195119797
The Mapmakers, The Story of the Great Pioneers in Cargography from Antiquity to the Space Age, John Noble Wilford https://www.amazon.com/Mapmakers-Revised-John-Noble-Wilford/dp/0375708502
Ancient India: Land of Mystery, Lost Civilizations
Writing Space, The Computer, Hypertext, and the History of Writing, Jay David Bolter https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Space-Computer-Hypertext-History/dp/0805804277
The Life of the Automobile, Steven Parissien https://www.amazon.com/Life-Automobile-Complete-History-Motor/dp/1250040639
Time and the Art of Living, Robert Grudin https://www.amazon.com/Time-Living-Prof-Robert-Grudin/dp/0395898315
India and the Mughal Dynasty, Valerie Berinstain https://www.amazon.com/India-Mughal-Dynasty-Valerie-Berinstain/dp/0810928566
Hearst Castle, Victoria K Kastner https://www.amazon.com/Hearst-Castle-Biography-Country-House/dp/0810934159
The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman https://www.amazon.com/World-Flat-History-Twenty-first-Century/dp/0374292884
The Spell of California's Spanish Colonial Missions, Donald Francis Toomey https://www.amazon.com/Spell-Californias-Spanish-Colonial-Missions/dp/0865343292
Day of Infamy, Lord & Holt https://www.amazon.com/Day-Infamy-Bombing-Pearl-Harbor-ebook/dp/B0078X73FM
The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development, Carl B. Boyer https://www.amazon.com/History-Calculus-Conceptual-Development-Mathematics/dp/0486605094
The History of Pi, Petr Beckmann https://www.amazon.com/History-Pi-Petr-Beckmann/dp/0312381859
American Privacy, Frederick S Lane https://www.amazon.com/American-Privacy-400-Year-History-Contested/dp/080700619X
Women in Science: Rachel Ignotofsky https://www.amazon.com/Women-Science-Fearless-Pioneers-Changed/dp/1607749769
The Great Moghuls, Bamber Gascoigne https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Great-Moghuls/dp/1841195332
Witches and Warlocks, Tales of Black Magic, Old & New, Kaye https://www.amazon.com/Witches-Warlocks-Tales-Black-Magic/dp/1566192536
The Art of War, Sun Tzu https://www.amazon.com/Art-War-Sun-Tzu/dp/1599869772
Spoiler Alert, Robb Pearlman https://www.amazon.com/Spoiler-Alert-Willis-Endings-Movies/dp/0762773847
The Greek Philosophers, W.K. C. Guthrie https://www.amazon.com/Greek-Philosophers-Thales-Aristotle/dp/0061310085
From Clockwork to Craphshoot, A History of Physics, Roger G. Newton https://www.amazon.com/Clockwork-Crapshoot-History-Physics/dp/0674034872
Sh!t Went Down, James Fell https://www.amazon.com/This-Day-History-Went-Down/dp/177757420X
A Naturalist's Voyage Round The World, Charles Darwin https://www.amazon.com/Naturalists-Voyage-Round-World-Beagle/dp/1626365601
507 Mechanical Movements, Henry T. Brown https://www.amazon.com/507-Mechanical-Movements-Henry-Brown/dp/1614275181
What Do You Care What Other People Think, Richard P. Feynman https://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393320928
The H.G. Wells Reader, H.G. Wells https://www.amazon.com/H-G-Wells-Reader-Complete-Anthology/dp/0878333061
Sputnik, The Shock of the Century, Paul Dickson https://www.amazon.com/Sputnik-Shock-Century-Paul-Dickson/dp/0802779514
World History Dates, Jane Chisholm https://www.amazon.com/World-History-Dates-Illustrated/dp/0860209547
The Pilgrim Journey, James Harpur https://www.amazon.com/Pilgrim-Journey-History-Pilgrimage-Western/dp/1629190004
Neo.Life, Jane Metcalfe and Brian Bergstein https://neo.life/visions/
The Bit and the Pendulum, Tom Siegfried https://www.amazon.com/Bit-Pendulum-Computing-Theory-Information/dp/0471399744
Misreadings, Umberto Eco https://www.amazon.com/Misreadings-Pa-Umberto-Eco/dp/0156607522
Incas, A.B. Daniel https://www.amazon.com/Incas-Book-One-Pumas-Shadow/dp/0743432746
Travels in Hyper Reality, Umberto Eco https://www.amazon.com/Travels-Hyperreality-Harvest-Book-Umberto/dp/0156913216
The Kabalion & The Emerald Tablet of Hermes, Unknown https://www.amazon.com/Emerald-Tablet-Hermes-Kybalion-Philosophy/dp/1438235720
The System Of The World, Isaac Newton https://www.amazon.com/System-World-Isaac-Newton/dp/1512181153
The History of NASA, Moser https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/MoserTL/MoserTL_4-9-10.htm
The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley https://www.amazon.com/Doors-Perception-Heaven-Hell/dp/0061729078
The Odyssey, Homer https://www.amazon.com/Odyssey-Homer/dp/0140268863
The Clockwork Universe, Edward Dolnick https://www.amazon.com/Clockwork-Universe-Newton-Society-Modern/dp/006171951X
Holy Fire, Bruce Sterling https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Fire-Bantam-Spectra-Book/dp/055357549X
Forgotten Genius of Oliver Heaviside, Basil Mahon https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Genius-Oliver-Heaviside-Electrical/dp/1633883310
India, A History, John Keay https://www.amazon.com/India-History-Revised-John-Keay/dp/0802145582
World History Atlas, DK https://www.amazon.com/World-History-Atlas-DK-Publishing/dp/0756609674
The Rise of Modern Philosophy, Anthony Kenny https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Modern-Philosophy-History-Western/dp/0198752768
Dahlonega, A Brief History, Anne Dismukes Amerson https://www.amazon.com/Dahlonega-History-Anne-Dismukes-Amerson/dp/1540204103
Victorian Fairytales, Michael Patrick Hearn https://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Fairy-Tales-Michael-Patrick/dp/0862413265
History of Sanitation, J.J. Cosgrove https://www.amazon.com/History-Sanitation-J-J-Cosgrove/dp/1512372889
Invitation to World Religiions, Brodd, Little, Nystrom, Platzner, Shek, Stiles https://www.amazon.com/Invitation-World-Religions-Jeffrey-Brodd/dp/019069081X
A short History of the World, J.M. Roberts https://www.amazon.com/Short-History-World-John-Roberts/dp/019511504X
A history of Mechanics, René Dugas https://www.amazon.com/History-Mechanics-Dover-Books-Physics/dp/0486656322
The Development of Modern Chemistry, Aaron Ihde https://www.amazon.com/Development-Modern-Chemistry-Dover-Books/dp/0486642356/ref=pd_lpo_3?pd_rd_i=0486642356&psc=1
A Short History of Technology, T.K. Derry and Trevor I. Williams https://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Technology-Earliest-D/dp/0486274721
The Telegraph History of the World, Gavin Fuller https://www.amazon.com/Telegraph-History-World-Gavin-Fuller/dp/178131506X
What the Bible Teaches, Torrey https://www.amazon.com/What-Bible-Teaches-R-Torrey/dp/0883684004
The Technological System, Jacques Ellul https://www.amazon.com/Technological-System-Jacques-Ellul/dp/1532615256
On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, Charls Darwin https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2018.0015
Codebreaker, Stephn Pincock https://www.amazon.com/Codebreaker-History-Ciphers-Stephen-Pincock/dp/0802715478
Wheels, Clocks, and Rockets, Donald Cardwell https://www.amazon.com/Wheels-Clocks-Rockets-History-Technology/dp/0393321754
Time's Pendulum, Jo Ellen Barnett https://www.amazon.com/Times-Pendulum-Capture-Time-Sundials/dp/0306457873
The Evolution of Technology, George Basalla https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Technology-Cambridge-Studies-History/dp/0521296811
Mission Santa Ines, Engelhardt https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Virgen-Martir-Ecclesiastical-Seminary/dp/B007BNV5I0
The Missions: California's Heritage Mission San José, Mary Null Boule https://www.amazon.com/Missions-Californias-Heritage-Mission-Jose/dp/1877599131
California's El Camino Real, Max Kurillo and Erline Tuttle https://www.amazon.com/Californias-Historic-Sunbelt-Cultural-Heritage/dp/0932653375
1800 Mechanical Movements, Devices, and Appliances, Gardner D Hiscox https://www.amazon.com/Mechanical-Movements-Devices-Appliances-Science/dp/0486457435
Technology A World History, Daniel R Headrick https://www.amazon.com/Technology-World-History-New-Oxford/dp/0195338219
Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction, James McClellan, Harold Dorn https://www.amazon.com/Science-Technology-World-History-Introduction/dp/142141774X/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=142141774X&psc=1
The House of Wisdom, Jonathan Lyons https://www.amazon.com/House-Wisdom-Transformed-Western-Civilization/dp/1608190587
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Zombie Jim, Mark Twain and W. Bill Czolgosz (and all the real Mark Twain in general, especially A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court) https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Huckleberry-Finn-Zombie-Jim/dp/1897217978
Lands of Promise and Despair, Rose Marie Beebe, Robert Senkewicz https://www.amazon.com/Lands-Promise-Despair-Chronicles-California/dp/0806151382
Coin Collecting for Dummies, Neil S. Berman https://www.amazon.com/Coin-Collecting-Dummies-Neil-Berman/dp/0470222751
Moving Innovation, Sito https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/moving-innovation
An Illustrated Treasury of Grimm's Fairy Tales, Daniel Drescher https://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Treasury-Grimms-Fairy-Tales/dp/0863159478
The Legacy of the Dog, Kamazaki Kojima https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Dog-Ultimate-Illustrated-Breeds/dp/B0007MTTE4
Mortal and Immortal DNA, Gerald Weissmann https://www.amazon.com/Mortal-Immortal-DNA-Science-Lure/dp/1934137162
Gods and Heroes, Briggs https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Heroes-Mythology-Around-World/dp/1523503785
Communication in History, Crowley Heyer https://www.amazon.com/Communication-History-Cases-David-Crowley/dp/0205693091
Clockwork Music https://www.amazon.com/Clockwork-music-illustrated-instruments-orchestrion/dp/0047890045
Engineering: The Illustrated History from Ancient Craft to Modern Technology, Tom Jackson https://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Illustrated-History-Technology-Ponderables/dp/0985323094
The History of the Motor Car, Peter Roberts https://www.amazon.com/History-Motor-Car-Peter-Roberts/dp/0603036090
Timelines of Aviation History https://www.amazon.com/Compact-Timeline-Aviation-History/dp/0785828184
How Was It Done?, Readers Digest https://www.amazon.com/How-Was-Done-Ingenuity-Through/dp/0762100885
The California Missions, Ruben G Mendoza, Melba Levick https://www.amazon.com/California-Missions-Ruben-G-Mendoza/dp/0847861511
Victorian Inventions, Leonard De Vries https://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Inventions-Leonard-Vries/dp/0719550068
The Book of Great Inventions, Chris Oxlade, Steve Parker, https://www.amazon.com/Book-Great-Inventions-Chris-Oxlade/dp/1573351474
Timelines in Sience, DK https://www.amazon.com/Timelines-Science-Ultimate-Visual-Discoveries/dp/1465442472
The Timechart History of India, Aureole https://www.amazon.com/Timechart-History-India-Aureole-Editorial/dp/1861188455
Hannibal's Campaigns, Tony Bath
The History of the English Longbow, Donald Featherstone
Featherstone's Complete Wargaming, Donald Featherstone
The Technologies of Freedom, Pool

Technical Books

Professional Node.js, Pedro Teixeira https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Node-js-Building-Javascript-Scalable/dp/1118185463
Python for Kids, Briggs https://www.amazon.com/Python-Kids-Playful-Introduction-Programming/dp/1593274076
Objective-C Pocket Reference, Andrew M. Duncan https://www.amazon.com/Objective-C-Pocket-Reference-Andrew-Duncan/dp/0596004230
The Art of Assembly Language, Randall Hyde https://www.amazon.com/Art-Assembly-Language-2nd/dp/1593272073
Hacking for Dummies, Kevin Beaver, https://www.amazon.com/Hacking-Dummies-Computer-Tech/dp/1119485479
jQuery in Action, Bear Bibeault and Yehuda Katz https://www.amazon.com/jQuery-Action-Bear-Bibeault/dp/1933988355
ADA Language and Methodology, Watt, Wichman, and Findlay https://www.amazon.com/Ada-Language-Methodology-Prentice-hall-International/dp/0130040789
Software Tools, Kernighan and Plauger https://www.amazon.com/Software-Tools-Brian-W-Kernighan/dp/020103669X
Go Programming Blueprints, Mat Ryer https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Blueprints-real-world-production-ready-cutting-edge-ebook/dp/B01GQCQ8OW
Cyber Dictionary, David Morse https://www.amazon.com/CyberDictionary-Your-Guide-Wired-World/dp/1888232048
The Mini-Computer In The Laboratory With Examples Using the PDP-11, James Cooper https://www.amazon.com/Minicomputer-Laboratory-Examples-Using-PDP-11/dp/047101883X
Principles of Compiler Design, Alfred V. Aho, Jeffrey D Ullman https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Compiler-Design-Ullman-Aho/dp/8185015619
Computational Colour Science Using Matlab, Stephen Westland and Caterina Ripamonti https://www.amazon.com/Computational-Colour-Science-Using-MATLAB/dp/0470665696
Operating Systems Design and Implementation, Andrew S. Tanenbaum https://www.amazon.com/Operating-Systems-Design-Implementation-3rd/dp/0131429388
Programming ALGOL, D.J. Malcolme-Lawes https://www.amazon.com/Programming-ALGOL-D-J-Malcolme-Lawes/dp/1483122468
An Introduction to ALGOL 68 Through Problems, A Learner and AJ Powell https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algol-68-through-Problems/dp/1349022284
Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic Applications in C/C++, Stephen Welstead https://www.amazon.com/Neural-Network-Applications-Professional-Computing/dp/0471309753
The Internet for Teachers, Bard Williams https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Teachers-Dummies-Bard-Williams/dp/0764506234
Understanding Operating Systems, Ann McIver McHoes, Ida M Flynn https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Operating-Systems-Ann-McHoes/dp/1305674251
Inside Visual C++, David Kruglinski https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Visual-C-Microsoft-Programming/dp/1556158912
Modern Operating Systems, Tanenbaum https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Operating-Systems-Andrew-Tanenbaum/dp/013359162X
Windows Phone 7 Game Programming, Jonathan Harbour https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Windows-Phone-Programming/dp/0672335549
C++ Crash Course Josh Lospinoso https://www.amazon.com/C-Crash-Course-Josh-Lospinoso/dp/1593278888
C# and the .NET Platform, Andrew Troelsen https://www.amazon.com/C-NET-Platform-Andrew-Troelsen/dp/1893115593
Programming Logic and Design, Joyce Farrell https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Logic-Design-Comprehensive-Farrell/dp/1285776712
Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters, Ted Landau https://www.amazon.com/Bombs-Other-Disasters-BOMBS-DISASTERS/dp/020169963X
Understanding Computation, Tom Stuart https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Computation-Machines-Impossible-Programs/dp/1449329276
Mainframe COBOL, Mike Murach https://www.amazon.com/Murachs-Mainframe-COBOL-Mike-Murach/dp/1890774243
A+ Certification All-In-One Exam Guide, Mike Meyers https://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Certification-Guide-220-1001-220-1002/dp/1260454037
XML Applications, Joe Graf, Paul Houle, Trevor Jenkins, Peter Jones, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Kathie Kingsley-Hughes, Craig McQueen, Stephen Mohr https://www.amazon.com/XML-Applications-Frank-Boumphrey/dp/1861001525
Testing Applications on the Web, Hung Nguyen, Bob Johnson, Michael Hackett https://www.amazon.com/Testing-Applications-Web-Planning-Internet-Based/dp/0471201006
Game Programming All in One, Jonathan Harbour, https://www.amazon.com/Game-Programming-All-Jonathan-Harbour/dp/1598632892
Sams Teach Yourself Game Programming, Michael Morrison https://www.amazon.com/Sams-Teach-Yourself-Programming-Hours/dp/067232461X
The Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms Alfred Aho, John Hopcroft, Jeffrey Ullman https://www.amazon.com/Design-Analysis-Computer-Algorithms/dp/0201000296
Unix System V, Stephen Coffin https://www.amazon.com/Unix-System-Release-Complete-Reference/dp/007881653X
Programming C# 2005: The Language, Donis Marshall https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Microsoft-Visual-2005-Language/dp/B008SM3IEC
C++/CLI The Visual C++ Language for .NET, Gordon Hogenson https://www.amazon.com/CLI-Visual-Language-Experts-Voice/dp/1590597052
Practical Linux Security, Tajinder Kalsi, https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Linux-Security-Cookbook-environment-ebook/dp/B07GVNXGPQ
Linux in a Nutshell, Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins, https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/linux-in-a/9780596806088/
R in a Nutshell, Joseph Adler, https://www.amazon.com/Nutshell-Desktop-Quick-Reference-OReilly/dp/059680170X
Python in a Nutshell, Alex Martelli, https://www.amazon.com/Python-Nutshell-Second-Alex-Martelli/dp/0596100469
Java in a Nutshell, Benjamin Evans and David Flanagan https://www.amazon.com/Java-Nutshell-Desktop-Quick-Reference/dp/1492037257
Ruby in a Nutshell, Yukihiro Matsumoto https://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Nutshell-Yukihiro-Matsumoto/dp/0596002149
Android Game Programming for Dummies, Derek James https://www.amazon.com/Android-Programming-Dummies-Derek-James/dp/1118027744
Macs for Dummies, Edward C Baig, https://www.amazon.com/Macs-Dummies-Edward-C-Baig/dp/1119239613
Wordpress for Dummies, Lisa Sabin-Wilson https://www.amazon.com/WordPress-Dummies-Lisa-Sabin-Wilson/dp/1118791614
Windows XP for Dummies, Andy Rathbone https://www.amazon.com/Windows-XP-Dummies-Andy-Rathbone/dp/0764573268
Windows 95 for Dummies, Andy Rathbone https://www.amazon.com/Windows-95-Dummies-Andy-Rathbone/dp/0764501801
Windows 98 for Dummies, Andy Rathbone https://www.amazon.com/Windows-98-Dummies-Andy-Rathbone/dp/0764502611
Windows 2000 for Dummies, Andy Rathbone https://www.amazon.com/Windows-2000-Professional-Dummies-Rathbone/dp/0764506412
PCs for Dummies, Dan Gookin https://www.amazon.com/PCs-Dummies-Dan-Gookin/dp/1119041775
Salesforce.com for dummies, Tom Wong, Liz Kao, Matt Kaufman https://www.amazon.com/Salesforce-com-Dummies-Tom-Wong/dp/1119176093
The C++ Programming Languages, Bjarne Stroustrup, https://www.amazon.com/C-Programming-Language-4th/dp/0321563840
Coding for Minecrafters, Ian Garland https://www.amazon.com/Coding-Minecrafters-Adventures-Learning-Computer/dp/1510740023
Assembly Language fot the PDP-11, Charls Kapps, Robert Stafford https://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Language-Computer-management-information/dp/0871503042
Java Programming for Dummies, Barry Burd https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Programming-Java-Dummies-Barry/dp/0470371749
Beginning Hibernate, Joseph Ottinger, Jeff Linwood, Dave Minter https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Hibernate-Joseph-Ottinger/dp/1430265175

This doesn't include the ~363 books listed at https://www.instagram.com/deadtechbooks or content I lifted from previous books I wrote, which can be browsed at https://www.amazon.com/Charles-S-Edge/e/B001JPC32I.

Books Used In Analyzing The Business Of Computing

The Art of Virtue, Benjamin Franklin, https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Franklins-Art-Virtue-Successful/dp/0938399101
Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson, https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537
The IBM Way, Buck Rodgers, https://www.amazon.com/IBM-Way-Successful-Marketing-Organization/dp/0060155221
Talking Straight, Lee Iacocca, https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Straight-Lee-Iacocca/dp/0553052705
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Ross Westerfield, Jordan, https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Corporate-Modigliani-Professor-Financial/dp/0077861701
Managerial Economics and Organizational Architecture, James Brickley, Jerold Zimmerman, Clifford W. Smith, Jr, https://www.amazon.com/Managerial-Economics-Organizational-Architecture-Brickley/dp/0073375829
The Road Ahead, Bill Gates, https://www.amazon.com/Road-Ahead-Bill-Gates/dp/0453009212
Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft, David Bank, https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Windows-Fumbled-Future-Microsoft/dp/0743203151
Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy, Bill Gates, https://www.amazon.com/Business-Speed-Thought-Succeeding-Digital/dp/0446525685
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail, Ray Dalio https://www.amazon.com/dp/1982160276
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose, Tony Hsieh https://www.amazon.com/Delivering-Happiness-Profits-Passion-Purpose/dp/0446576220
Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions, Guy Kawasaki https://www.amazon.com/Enchantment-Changing-Hearts-Minds-Actions-ebook/dp/B0049U4INC
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Technology Projects to Mainstream Customers, Geoffrey A. Moore https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Chasm-Marketing-High-Tech-Mainstream/dp/0060517123
The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet, Jeff Kosseff https://www.amazon.com/Twenty-Six-Words-That-Created-Internet/dp/1501714414/
Inside the Tornado, Geoffrey Moore https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Tornado-Strategies-Developing-Hypergrowth/dp/0060745819
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant, W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Ocean-Strategy-Expanded-Uncontested/dp/1625274491
Bill Gates: The Life, Lessons, And Rules for Success, https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Gates-Lessons-Rules-Success/dp/1522018557/
A History of the United States in Five Crashes: Stock Market Meltdowns That Defined a Nation, Scott Nations, Christopher Grove https://www.amazon.com/History-United-States-Five-Crashes/dp/B06Y4B7XZ4
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, Ashlee Vance, https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Fantastic-Future/dp/0062301233
Internet of Things: Digitize or Die: Transform your organization. Embrace the digital evolution. Rise above the competition, Nicolas Windpassinger, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074PTXB2H
Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High-Tech, Paulina Borsook, https://www.amazon.com/Cyberselfish-Critical-Through-World-High-tech/dp/0316847712
Finish Big: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top, Bo Burlingham https://www.amazon.com/Finish-Big-Great-Entrepreneurs-Companies/dp/1591844975
Strategic Management Theory, Charles W. L. Hill, Melissa A. Schilling, Gareth R. Jones, https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Management-Theory-Integrated-Approach/dp/1305502337
Muddy Boots Leadership, John Chapman, https://www.amazon.com/Muddy-Boots-Leadership-Personal-Unexpected-ebook/dp/B001GIPF0A
What is Six Sigma Process Management? Rowland Hayler and Michael Nichols, https://www.amazon.com/What-Six-Sigma-Process-Management/dp/0071453415
The Bond King, Mary Childs https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250120845
ITILv3 Foundations, Jason Dion, https://www.amazon.com/ITIL-v3-Foundations-Time-Compressed-Foundation-ebook/dp/B074D6J1Q5/
ITIL: ITIL Tutorial for Beginners, Dennis Hutten, https://www.amazon.com/ITIL-Tutorial-Beginners-Dennis-Hutten-ebook/dp/B079QKR42D
ITSM QuickStart Guide, Clydebank Technology, https://www.amazon.com/ITSM-QuickStart-Simplified-Beginners-Management/dp/1945051086
Ruling the Waves, Debora L. Spar, https://www.amazon.com/Ruling-Waves-Internet-Business-Technological/dp/015602702X
The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith, https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Nations-Adam-Smith/dp/1505577128
The Road to Character, David Brooks, https://www.amazon.com/Road-Character-David-Brooks/dp/0812983416
They Made IT! Ph.D. Angelika Blendstrup, https://www.amazon.com/They-Made-Chinese-entrepreneurs-contributed-ebook/dp/B0026MS2QY
John Chambers and the Cisco Way, John K. Waters, https://www.amazon.com/John-Chambers-Cisco-Way-Navigating/dp/0471008338
The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business, Phil Simon and Mitch Joel https://www.amazon.com/Age-Platform-Facebook-Redefined-Business/dp/0982930259
An Elegant Puzzle, Will Larson https://www.amazon.com/Elegant-Puzzle-Systems-Engineering-Management/dp/1732265186
The Joy of x, Steven Strogatz https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Guided-Tour-Math-Infinity/dp/0544105850
The Obstacle is the Way, Ryan Holiday https://www.amazon.com/Obstacle-Way-Timeless-Turning-Triumph/dp/1591846358
Ego is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday https://www.amazon.com/Ego-Enemy-Ryan-Holiday/dp/1591847818
Radical Candor, Kim Scott https://www.radicalcandor.com
A WHole New Mind, Daniel Pink https://www.amazon.com/Whole-New-Mind-Right-Brainers-Future/dp/1594481717
The Storm Before the Calm, George Friedman https://www.amazon.com/Storm-Before-Calm-Americas-Discord/dp/0385540493
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill https://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Rich-Landmark-Bestseller/dp/1585424331
The Leaders Guide, Eric Reis https://www.amazon.com/The-Leaders-Guide-Eric-Ries-audiobook/dp/B07K8VF4PZ
The Lean Startup, Eric Reis https://www.amazon.com/The-Lean-Startup-Eric-Ries-audiobook/dp/B005MM7HY8
High Growth Handbook, Elad Gil https://www.amazon.com/High-Growth-Handbook-Elad-Gil-audiobook/dp/B07FSWFWPQ
The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the New Economy, Pekka Himanen, Linuz Torvalds, Manuel Castells https://www.amazon.com/Hacker-Ethic-Spirit-New-Economy/dp/B00005AVX6
Guerrilla PR, Michael Levine https://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-P-R-Effective-Publicity-Campaign/dp/155800761X
Rules for Radicals, Saul D Alinsky https://www.amazon.com/Rules-Radicals-Practical-Primer-Realistic/dp/0679721134
Scaling Up, Verne Harnish https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-Up-Verne-Harnish-audiobook/dp/B00PMCI89Q
Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers, Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Startup-Guide-Getting-Customers/dp/0976339609
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How To Build The Future, Peter Thiel, Blake Masters https://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804139296
Destruction and Creation, John Boyd https://www.goalsys.com/books/documents/DESTRUCTION_AND_CREATION.pdf
Boyd, the Fighter Pilot Who Changed The Art of War, Albert Coram https://www.amazon.com/Boyd-Fighter-Pilot-Who-Changed/dp/0316796883
Team of Teams, General Stan McChrystal https://www.amazon.com/Team-of-Teams-audiobook/dp/B00UVW4RV0
Certain to Win, Chet Richards https://www.amazon.com/Certain-Win-Strategy-Applied-Business/dp/1413453767
Warfighting, US Marine Corps https://www.amazon.com/Warfighting-Department-Navy/dp/1490367217
Art of the Start, Guy Kawasaki https://www.amazon.com/The-Art-of-Start-2-0-Guy-Kawasaki-audiobook/dp/B00TIW9SZE
Drive, Dan Pink https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates/dp/B0032COUMC
The Speed of Trust, Stephen Covey https://www.amazon.com/The-Speed-of-Trust-audiobook/dp/B001U2MTAG
Raving Fans, Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles https://www.amazon.com/Raving-Fans-Revolutionary-Approach-Customer/dp/0006530699
Too Blue! The IBM PC from an Acorn to a Renegade https://www.amazon.com/TOO-BLUE-IBM-Acorn-Renegade/dp/1637350031
Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy - and How to Make Them Work for You, Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Sangeet Paul Choudary https://www.amazon.com/Platform-Revolution-Networked-Markets-Transforming/dp/0393249131
IBM and the Holocaust, Edwin Black https://www.amazon.com/IBM-Holocaust-Strategic-Alliance-Corporation/dp/0914153277
US V. Microsoft, The Inside Story of the Landmark Case, Joel Brinkley and Steve Lohr https://www.amazon.com/U-S-v-Microsoft-Inside-Landmark-ebook/dp/B000QCTOW2
SAP Inside the Secret Software Power, Meissner https://www.amazon.com/SAP-Inside-Secret-Software-Power/dp/0071347852
The code Economy, Philip E Auerswald https://www.amazon.com/Code-Economy-Forty-Thousand-Year-History/dp/0190226765
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Benjamin-Franklin/dp/1508475091
Barbarians Led By Bill Gates, Jennifer Edstrom and Marlin Eller https://www.amazon.com/Barbarians-Bill-Gates-Jennifer-Edstrom/dp/0805057544
Direct from Dell, Michael Dell https://www.amazon.com/Direct-Dell-Strategies-Revolutionized-Essentials/dp/0060845724
Leaving Reality Behind, eToy vs eToys.com & Other Battles To Control Cyberspace, Adam Wishart, Regula Bochsler https://www.amazon.com/Leaving-Reality-Behind-eToys-com-cyberspace/dp/0066210763
dot.com, John Cassidy https://www.amazon.com/Dot-Greatest-Story-Ever-Sold/dp/0060008806
Burn Rate, Michael Wolff https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Rate-Survived-Years-Internet/dp/0684856212
Behemoth, Joshua B Freeman https://www.amazon.com/Behemoth-History-Factory-Making-Modern/dp/0393246310
Valley Boy, Tom Perkins https://www.amazon.com/Valley-Boy-Education-Tom-Perkins/dp/1592404030
Creative Capital, Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital, Spencer E. Ante https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Capital-Georges-Doriot-Venture/dp/1422101223
Hit Refresh, The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone, Satya Nadella https://www.amazon.com/Hit-Refresh-Rediscover-Microsofts-Everyone-ebook/dp/B01HOT5SQA
Hard Drive, Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire, James Wallace & Jim Erickson https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Drive-Making-Microsoft-Empire/dp/0887306292
The Ultimate Entrepreneur, The Story of Ken Olsen and Digital Equipment Corporation, Glenn Rifkin and George Harrar https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Entrepreneur-Digital-Equipment-Corporation/dp/0809245590
The Oracle of Oracle, Florence M Stone https://www.amazon.com/Oracle-Volatile-Strategies-Companys-Phenomenal/dp/0814406394
The Computer Establishment, Katharine Davis Fishman https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Establishment-Katharine-Davis-Fishman/dp/0060112832
Cisco Unauthorized, Jeffrey S Young https://www.amazon.com/Cisco-UnAuthorized-Jeffrey-S-Young/dp/0761527753
The Knowledge-Value Revolution, Taichi Sakaiya https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Value-Revolution-History-Future/dp/0870119427
Lords of Finance, Liaquat Ahamed https://www.amazon.com/Lords-Finance-Bankers-Broke-World/dp/0143116800
Untechnical Writing, Michael Bremer https://www.amazon.com/Untechnical-Writing-Technical-Subjects-Understand/dp/0966994906
The Legend of Honeywell, Rodengen https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Honeywell-Jeffrey-L-Rodengen/dp/0945903251
The Legend of AMP, Rodengen https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Amp-Jeffrey-L-Rodengen/dp/0945903332
The Legend of Amdahl, Rodengen https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Amdahl-Jeffrey-L-Rodengen/dp/0945903197
Corporate Lifecycle, Adizes https://site.adizes.com/lifecycle/

3D Printed Materials

Thing	URL
Control Data Corporation 6600 Mainframe Model	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5456348
Digital Equipment PDP-1 Model	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5474754
IBM 1401 Mainframe	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5482403
Model of CSIRAC	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5466920
UNIVAC Model	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5448349
Whirlwind Model	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5446315
Susan Kare	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2755201
Bust of Ada Lovelace	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5467170
Clarus the Dogcow	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:83987
8-bit Macintosh	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:49736
Zuse Z1 and Z2 Logic Gates	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3465567
ENIAC Model	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4164825
Einstein Bust	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:966908
Asimov Bust	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1397017
Edison Bust	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:143111
Voltaire Bust	https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-voltaire-39462
Tutankhamun Bust	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2987361
Sputnik	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2778049
Rurik Bust	https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-rurik-Рюрик-189617
Stalin Bust	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:516756
lenin Bust	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:286624
Blaise Pascal Statue	https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-blaise-pascal-156957
Socrates	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2606553
Plato	https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-dionysus-plato-26338
Aristotle Bust	https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-bust-of-aristotle-33440
Alexander the Great	https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-alexander-the-great-erbach-type-88850
Babbage Difference Engine	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:145050
Pascaline	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4395600
Graham Escapement	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1128317
Cray-1	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26671
Link (The Legend of Zelda)	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:262219
Link 8-bit	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1552188
Mario	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1991111
Tesla Bust	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2888818
Wardenclyffe	https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-tesla-tower-nikola-tesla-anniversary-11000
Leonardo da Vinci	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2506760
Benjamin Franklin	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:131296
Napolean	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2935884
Napier's Bones	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:577834
Antikythera Mechanism	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:32413
Miniature Commodore 64	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1954782
3d terminology	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2512390/files
Code of Hammurabi	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4876351
Generic Arcade Cabinet	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2565592
Pythagoras Bust	https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3341843

Podcasts

Title	URL
The Dark Web (Audible Originals) Geoff White, Bernard P. Achampong	https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Dark-Web-Podcast/B08DFLG3YP
The Advent of Computing	https://adventofcomputing.com
Floppy Days	https://player.fm/series/floppydays-vintage-computing-podcast
	https://www.audible.com/pd/Podcast/B08JJQJHXB
History of the Internet Podcast	https://www.internethistorypodcast.com
Command Line Heroes	https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes
Video Game Hour Podcast	https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/video-game-history-hour/id1536393630
Floppy Days Podcast	https://player.fm/series/floppydays-vintage-computing-podcast
Forwards & Backwards: A History of Quantum Computing	https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forwards-backwards-a-history-of-quantum-computing/id1566422801

Citations

Davies, Donald Watts. (1986). Oral history interview with Donald W. Davies. Charles Babbage Institute. Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107241.
Roberts, Ed. (1995). Oral history inverview with Roberts, Ed : in conversation with David Greelish. Retrieved from the Computer History Museum, https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102740008. Chauhan, A., & Tiwari, V. K. A Trusted Computing Solution for Security Threats in Federated Identity Management. Information Technology, 3(1), 1-8.
Varnosfaderani, S. D., Kasprzak, P., Pohl, C., & Yahyapour, R. (2021, August). SmartSSO-A Deep Learning Platform for Automated Account Linkage in Federated Identity Management. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Omni-Layer Intelligent Systems (COINS) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
Panait, A. E., Olimid, R. F., & Stefanescu, A. (2020). Identity Management on Blockchain--Privacy and Security Aspects. arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.13107.
Choquette, J., & Gandhi, W. (2020, August). Nvidia a100 gpu: Performance & innovation for gpu computing. In 2020 IEEE Hot Chips 32 Symposium (HCS) (pp. 1-43). IEEE Computer Society.
Hennigh, O., Narasimhan, S., Nabian, M. A., Subramaniam, A., Tangsali, K., Fang, Z., ... & Choudhry, S. (2021, June). NVIDIA SimNet™: An AI-accelerated multi-physics simulation framework. In International Conference on Computational Science (pp. 447-461). Springer, Cham.
Jia, Z., Maggioni, M., Staiger, B., & Scarpazza, D. P. (2018). Dissecting the NVIDIA volta GPU architecture via microbenchmarking. arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.06826.
Mittal, S. (2019). A Survey on optimized implementation of deep learning models on the NVIDIA Jetson platform. Journal of Systems Architecture, 97, 428-442.

Special Thanks

A special thanks goes out to the good people at the Computer History Museum ( https://computerhistory.org ) and the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota ( https://cse.umn.edu/cbi ) for making various works including oral histories, scanned representations of works, etc publicly accessible. Additionally, a special thanks to the Internet Engineering Task Force for retaining all old internet standards for transparency and to preserve the history of protocols as they evolved. The above resources have been critical for first and second source verification of facts.

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Official Citation List for the History of Computers, from Springer/Apress

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Official Citation List for the History of Computers, from Springer/Apress

Assets used to research and document the history of computing before the writing really began in earnest

Books used in researching and documenting the history of computers

Books Used In Analyzing how the ancient history of technology, science, and philosophy shaped the modern worldview

Technical Books

Books Used In Analyzing The Business Of Computing

3D Printed Materials

Podcasts

Citations

Special Thanks