[bookshare-discuss] Re: Books on the Histry of Computers and the Internet
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:39:31 -0800 (PST)
Here's the URL for one you might be interested:
Hacker Cracker: A Journey from the Mean Streets of
Brooklyn to the Frontiers of Cyberspace by David
Chanoff, Ejovi Nuwere
in:http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=56100
http://tinyurl.com/844583
and another:
Home Hacking Projects for Geeks by Eric Faulkner, Tony
Northruphttp://www.bookshare.org/web/BooksByAuthor.html?author_id=21114
http://tinyurl.com/8ofjp5
I think there are other books both on the Internet and
hacking. Perhaps you already put those terms in the
Search but try them in Advanced Search and then click
on more choices. Or search the O'Reilly books
Cindy
--- kelby carlson <kelbycarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hmm. All good choices, but a couple of the authors
> don't seem to
> be available on Bookshare. I know Levy's seminal
> work "Hackers"
> isn't, and I don't see Markoff or Petroski--at least
> nothing
> about computers from Petroski.
>
> Kelby
>
> "Wake up, comrades, your compassion is killing us!"
>
> --Anonymous
>
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: "susan l. gerhart" <slger123@xxxxxxxxx
> >To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Date sent: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:16:38 -0600 (CST)
> >Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Books on the
> Histry of Computers
> and the Internet
>
> >Great, you've found a fascinating topic. Best
> authors are Steven
> Levy, John
> >Markoff, don Norman, and Henry Petroski. I could
> not find my
> favorite, when
> >Hackers stay Up Late.
>
>
> >go to http://computerhistory.org to find some
> lectures from
> legendary figures.
> >My favorites are the "early computers" the women of
> eniac.
>
>
> >http://ieee.org also has a podcast of computer
> history stories
> and interviews.
> >also IBM has an oral history section. and there is
> the babbage
> Institute in
> >Minnesota.
>
> >so, there are books and there are also the still
> living figures.
> for
> >controversy, look up Alan Turing and admiral grace
> Hopper.
>
>
> >I hope you find some enjoyable reading and
> listening.
>
>
> >Susan
>
>
> >>Dear Booksharians,
>
> >>My e-mail is about, well, basically what the
> subject says its
> >>about. For some reason, I have becoc quite
> interested in the
> >>past month in the history of computers, the
> Internet, hacker
> >>culture, etc. What I'm wondering is, do any of
> you have
> >>recommendations of books on those topics that are
> available on
> >>Bookshare?
>
> >>Kelby
>
> >>"Wake up, comrades, your compassion is killing
> us!"
>
> >>--Anonymous
>
>
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