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| * [[http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com.ezproxy.wlu.edu/020161622X|The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master]] - an alumnus says, "It's a pretty natural extension from our software development class, and might be an awesome read if we had software dev II class." | * [[http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com.ezproxy.wlu.edu/020161622X|The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master]] - an alumnus says, "It's a pretty natural extension from our software development class, and might be an awesome read if we had software dev II class." |
| * Gabriella Coleman's Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking | * Gabriella Coleman's Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking |
| | * The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch |
| | * Coders: The making of a new tribe and the remaking of the worlds, Clive Thompson, NYTimes review of the book (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/books/review/clive-thompson-coders.html) |
| | * The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, by Walter Isaacson, Dennis Boutsikaris, et al. |
| | * Machines Who Think: A Personal Inquiry into the History and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence, Pamela McCorduck |
| | * Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O'Neil |
| | * Like War:L The Weaponization of Social Media, P. W. Singer, Emerson T. Brooking |
| | * Mind F*ck: Inside Cambridge Analytica's Plot to Break the World, Christopher Wylie |
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| | * Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment |
| | George Leonard |
| ==== Essays, Articles, Blogs ==== | ==== Essays, Articles, Blogs ==== |
| * [[http://paulgraham.com/articles.html|Paul Graham's essays]] | * [[http://paulgraham.com/articles.html|Paul Graham's essays]] |
| * [[http://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959|Mythical Man Month: Essays on Software Engineering]] | * [[http://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959|Mythical Man Month: Essays on Software Engineering]] |
| * [[http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/492|Lambda the Ultimate Blog]] - this page has pointers for early studiers of programming languages (PL); may get a little technical | * [[http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/492|Lambda the Ultimate Blog]] - this page has pointers for early studiers of programming languages (PL); may get a little technical |
| | * [[http://radar.oreilly.com/2014/01/7-ways-to-be-a-better-programmer-in-2014.html|7 ways to be a better programmer in 2014]] -- seems valid past 2014 |
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| ==== History ==== | ==== History ==== |
| * [[http://books.google.com/books?id=-0tDZX3z-8UC&dq=isbn:0387982698|Out of their minds: | * [[http://books.google.com/books?id=-0tDZX3z-8UC&dq=isbn:0387982698|Out of their minds: |
| the lives and discoveries of 15 great computer scientists]] | the lives and discoveries of 15 great computer scientists]] |
| | * [[http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/greatworks/|Great Works in Computer Science]] -- a course at UVA |
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| ==== Fiction ==== | ==== Fiction ==== |
