While the study of textbooks has proven fruitful in the study of the history of mathematics, there has been little attention to computing books and their role on the development of computer science, the computer industry, and public understanding. Working to close this gap, W. Patrick McCray has written README, a “book about books about computing.” (pg 3) The scope is “a history of computing writ large as seen through the histories of a limited but well-chosen selection of books […] and their...
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