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* Fill in [[:Category:Computer_Science_Eponyms|computer science eponym list]], market as a phatty ''Dictionary of Ideas'' or ''Binet's Reader's Encyclopedia''-like deal | * Fill in [[:Category:Computer_Science_Eponyms|computer science eponym list]], market as a phatty ''Dictionary of Ideas'' or ''Binet's Reader's Encyclopedia''-like deal | ||
* (major and semi-esoteric) [[Trees]]. A chapter on each, kinda like ''The Periodic Kingdom'' | * (major and semi-esoteric) [[Trees]]. A chapter on each, kinda like ''The Periodic Kingdom'' | ||
* A guide to low-latency, high-throughput I/O on UNIX and Windows, with an emphasis on API's | * A guide to [[Fast Network Servers|low-latency, high-throughput I/O]] on UNIX and Windows, with an emphasis on API's | ||
* [[CS GRE|Computer Science GRE]] exam prep | * [[CS GRE|Computer Science GRE]] exam prep | ||
* 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) | ||
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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.
- Kickstarter project
- Table of Contents
Nascent Nonfiction
- Fill in computer science eponym list, market as a phatty Dictionary of Ideas or Binet's Reader's Encyclopedia-like deal
- (major and semi-esoteric) Trees. A chapter on each, kinda like The Periodic Kingdom
- A guide to low-latency, high-throughput I/O on UNIX and Windows, with an emphasis on API's
- Computer Science GRE exam prep
- 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)
- The Well-Tempered Computer (working title): an in-depth guide to modern computer hardware with an emphasis on standards
- Everything from the input power to the output LEDs
- Creative Commons license
- Peak CUDA: A guide to NVIDIA microarchitecture and programming for peak on CUDA
Nascent Fiction
- 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
