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Re:Ask HN: Computer Science/History Books? by monk_the_dog on Friday March 27, 2020 @04:24PM (#22706500)
Two lesser known books that I enjoyed: 1) "Colossus: The secrets of Bletchley Park's code-breaking computers", and 2) "The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal".

One thing I learned from the "Colossus" book was the contribution of British engineers to early computers (Tommy Flowers in particular). They didn't get the credit they deserved because their work was kept secret for so long.

Re:Ask HN: Computer Science/History Books? by khaledh on Friday March 27, 2020 @09:29PM (#22708442)
I came here to recommend The Dream Machine. Wonderful book and extremely well written.
Re:Ask HN: Computer Science/History Books? by arman_ashrafian on Friday March 27, 2020 @04:32PM (#22706584)
The Dream Machine might be my favorite book of all time.
Re:Ask HN: Computer Science/History Books? by JeremyReimer on Friday March 27, 2020 @05:07PM (#22706915)
Agreed. I only found out about the Dream Machine from Hacker News (I think it was Alan Kay who recommended it) and it was absolutely the best book ever written on the topic.