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A children's handbook of codes, ciphers and secret writing.

George Dyson's history of the origins of digital computing at the Institute for Advanced Study.

A book by Nick Bilton on the early history of Twitter.

A book by Carl Weisman explaining RF and wireless technology for non-technical readers.

Toby Thurston's guide to drawing graphics with the MetaPost language.

Simon Singh's popular history of codes and ciphers, with a youth edition.

A book by Anil Ananthaswamy explaining the math behind modern AI.

A reference book on classic cryptographic algorithms and protocols.

A memoir by former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams about the company's leadership.

A science fiction novel series later adapted for television.

Fred Brooks' classic book of essays on software project management.

A free collaborative online encyclopedia.

A science fiction novel by Peter Watts that explores consciousness and perception.

A book by David Graeber on the history of debt, credit and money.

A framework for organising technical documentation into tutorials, how-tos, reference and explanation.

A website with crowdsourced audio recordings of how native speakers pronounce words.

Tom Wolfe's critique of modernist architecture.

A short essay by Richard Cook on the nature of failure in complex systems.

Nick Bostrom's book on the risks of advanced artificial intelligence.

A 2015 film about the 2008 housing and credit collapse.