Ask HN: Good Books on the History of Technology?

Soul of a New Machine is a great non-fiction

The Soul of a New Machine

Founders at Work

Masters of Doom

Masters of Doom

"A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Compute...

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes

The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood by James Gleick

+1 for The Information. Spectacular book

I very much liked Information by a James Gleick, but it’s rather pop

i can here specifically to recommend this book. Such a great read, i would even venture are saying a must read for anybody even remotely interested in computer science.

The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood

The Dream Machine by M. Mitchell Waldrop. Weaves fascinating history of personal computing and internet through J.C.R. “Lick” Licklider biography.

The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner

“The Idea Factory” Bell Labs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idea_Factory

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12625589-turing-s-cathed...

The Code Book – Simon Singh (1999) It’s not about technology in general but encryption only, but it covers its history pretty well.

I can second Where Wizards Stay Up Late, I enjoyed it.