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Re:Making Software by berelig on Thursday April 17, 2025 @12:36PM (#43719207)
I've been looking around for a book like this that has scientific/engineering topics presented in a bite-sized fashion so a teenager (or even adults) can discover which ones pique their interests and are worth a deeper dive.

Would this book work or is it a bit too simple? Does anyone have another book to recommend?

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Re:Making Software by tenacious_tuna on Thursday April 17, 2025 @12:42PM (#43719286)
it's been a couple decades since I've read it, but I'd buy it again as an adult. Like the peer comment says, "Engineering in Plain Sight" purports to be similar and I bought my dad a copy last christmas. Planning to spend some of my professionial development stipend on a copy this year.
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Re:Making Software by kridsdale1 on Thursday April 17, 2025 @01:13PM (#43719679)
The Way Things Work is up to date. I loved it in the mid 90s and just bought a new copy for my kid this year. It has SSDs, OLEDs, Gravity Wave Detection, etc.
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Re:Making Software by kobenni on Friday April 18, 2025 @01:27AM (#43725280)
For mathematics, there are the Princeton Companion to Mathematics and the Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics.
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