10 Great Tech Books from Spectrum

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The list author says: "10 Great Tech Books from July 08 Spectrum Magazine"
The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
1.  The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski
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Mirror Worlds: or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean
2.  Mirror Worlds: or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean by David Gelernter
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A New Kind of Science
3.  A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
4.  Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
5.  Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age by Paul Graham
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The Design of Everyday Things
6.  The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
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The Soul Of A New Machine
7.  The Soul Of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder
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The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet
8.  The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet by David Kahn
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
9.  Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
10.  The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
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