Out of their minds
the lives and discoveries of 15 great computer scientists
by Dennis Elliott Shasha · first published 1995
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on “Ask HN: Any Books on Inspirational Computer Science Personalities ?” ↗* Understanding Computation: From Simple Machines to Impossible Programs by Tom Stuart. * Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists by Dennis Shasha et al. * Ideas That Created the Future: Classic Papers of Computer Science edited by Harry Lewis - Came across this book in…
on “Ask HN: Top inspiring books on crucial CS ideas?” ↗…as well as his later efforts in functional programming, manifested that. After leaving computing altogether, Backus took to meditation and, as he calls it, "living." [0] Quotes are from chapter 1 of Out of Their Minds: the Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists, by Shasha and Lazere.
on “Can Programming Be Liberated From The Von Neumann Style? (1977) [pdf]” ↗