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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>'''Machines'''</i> (working title): an in-depth guide to modern computer hardware with an emphasis on standards
* <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