Any good non-fiction books?

Covalent · March 31, 2014

Anyone know of any good nonfiction books that have to do with tech in some way?

FlamingDefibs · March 31, 2014

The...the... the Steve Jobs biography?

DarrenP · March 31, 2014

The Compound By S.A. Bodeen

Doesn't have much to do with tech. However it's an amazing read. It's this very rich family. (Basically Bill Gates). He builds a bomb shelter in the middle of nowhere, that no one knows about. The workers who built it were all blindfolded on the way there. Anyway Nuclear fallout occurs. Everything goes downhill from there. It's really really good read. Quick-ish too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Compound_(book)

Wikipedia Link.

Volbet · March 31, 2014

Computing Machinery and Intelligence by Alan Turing

The Age of Spiritual Machines, The Singularity is Near & The Age of Intelligent Machines by Ray Kuzweil

This is what I can come up with right now. I will extend the list as I think of more.

markrich · March 31, 2014

A few I have just finished recently (not tech related...sorry)

Marx - A nineteenth century life (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Karl-Marx-A-Nineteenth-Century-Life/dp/0871404672/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396284769&sr=8-1&keywords=marx+nineteenth+century+life)

Forget any preconceptions and ideas that followed, this is a decent read about the man and his life.

Iron Kingdom ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iron-Kingdom-Downfall-Prussia-1600-1947/dp/0140293345/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396284830&sr=8-1&keywords=iron+kingdom )

A history of Prussia until it dissolution 70 years ago. It's a little shallow in places but is still a decent introduction to the Baltic's lost state.

Sleepwalkers ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Sleepwalkers-Europe-Went-1914/dp/0141027827/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396284997&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=sleepwakers )

It's a history of the times and events that led to the war 100 years past. It's not a history of the war. It also helps dispel some of the myths surrounding German faults. A fascinating read if a little hard going.

The Last Train to Zone Verde ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Last-Train-Zona-Verde/dp/0241143675/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396285124&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Last+Train+to+Zona+Verde+-+Paul+Theroux )

Travels around south west Africa :-)