The Soul of a New Machine
by Tracy Kidder
This is a highly acclaimed work by Tracy Kidder. He was embedded in a team at a computer company called Data General; it was 1979, and they were building a mini-computer. It’s an interesting way of looking at how computing has utterly changed in the last 30 years.
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“A marvelously detailed book, and I found it very inspiring. An interesting way of looking at how computing has utterly changed in the last 30 years.” Read more...
Stephen Baker, Science Writer
