Ask HN: Good books on philosophy of engineering?
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troupe · Jan 19, 2024Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter
borlanco · Jan 20, 2024Pirsig's book is not really about engineering, but about how we engineers relate to the world.
hide1713 · Jan 19, 2024Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Minor49er · Jan 19, 2024Seconding this.
jpiburn · Jan 19, 2024The Design Of Everyday Things by Don Norman
mtillman · Jan 19, 2024The Art of Computer Programming
troupe · Jan 19, 2024The Little Schemer
stared · Jan 19, 2024Tao Te Ching, seriously
Darmani · Jan 20, 2024Ousterhout's sense
__loam · Jan 20, 2024after having read the book
ATMLOTTOBEER · Jan 19, 2024while reading
RyanHamilton · Jan 19, 2024I can recommend a Philosophy of Software Design Paperback by John Ousterhout.
kesavvaranasi · Jan 19, 2024I recommend A Philosophy of Software Design.
mcbishop · Jan 19, 2024A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout.
NegatioN · Jan 19, 2024Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution.
pjmorris · Jan 19, 2024'The Making of the Atomic Bomb', Richard Rhodes
NegatioN · Jan 19, 2024The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal