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* Definitive biography of von Neumann (as of 2009, the three major ones are all garbage) | * Definitive biography of von Neumann (as of 2009, the three major ones are all garbage) | ||
** possible title: ''Fekete Pestis'' (sets up unfortunate puns on my last name, though) | ** possible title: ''Fekete Pestis'' (sets up unfortunate puns on my last name, though) | ||
* <i>''' | * <i>'''The Well-Tempered Computer'''</i> (working title): an in-depth guide to modern computer hardware with an emphasis on standards | ||
** Everything from the input power to the output LEDs | ** Everything from the input power to the output LEDs | ||
** Creative Commons license | ** Creative Commons license | ||
===The Finest Machine=== | |||
''The Finest Machine: The Science and the Joy of Computing''. Computing from the ground up, beginning with formal systems and moving up through information theory, VLSI, microprocessors and programming languages. | |||
* [[File:machines-ToC.pdf|Table of Contents]] | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
* ''Maximum Scrunch'', a novel | * ''Maximum Scrunch'', a novel | ||
** the title comes from Hans Bethe's ''Road from Los Alamos'', referring to the conditions at which implosion turns to explosion in a supernova's core collapse | ** the title comes from Hans Bethe's ''Road from Los Alamos'', referring to the conditions at which implosion turns to explosion in a supernova's core collapse | ||
