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- Give some historical context, but focus on explaining how each technology works (e.g. it was invented in the 80s; here’s how a CD stores music)
- Be somewhat up to date (doesn’t stop in the 90s)
- Have many illustrations, including schemas to explain each technology
- Cover computer software, hardware and networking too
https://www.amazon.com/When-Computing-Got-Personal-Computer/...
- Weaving the Web by Tim Berners-Lee: https://www.amazon.com/Weaving-Web-Original-Ultimate-Destiny...
- Founders at Work: https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Early/...
Some recommendations: - Weaving the Web by Tim Berners-Lee: https://www.amazon.com/Weaving-Web-Original-Ultimate-Destiny... - Founders at Work: https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Early/...
* Linus Torvalds and David Diamond - Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary (2002) A personal account of the history of Linux. Not many technical details nor (any?) illustrations.
* Katie Hafner, Mathew Lyon - Where Wizards stay up Late A history of the internet. Some technical details, but not a lot. Not many diagrams, and it does stop in the 90s. Covers the internet and therefore networking
* Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken - The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles The Elements of Computing systems Not a lot of history, but does describe how computers work in a bottom up fashion. Includes diagrams. No networking. It is more of a project book because as you can "build along" a computer, starting from nand gates. Covers both hardware and software.