Books like Machines Who Think
12 books with a reading profile close to Machines Who Think by Pamela McCorduck, Cli Cfe. Outward-looking; a moderate read.
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Damascus
by Ross Burns
Also outward-looking · history, academic
Ross Burns provides a chronological history of Damascus, focusing on how its urban layout and architectural layers reflect shifting political control.
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Food and Drink in Medieval Poland
Also outward-looking · history, academic
Maria Dembinska provides a technical reconstruction of dietary patterns in Poland from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries.
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The Universal Computer
by Martin Davis
Also outward-looking · technical, history
Martin Davis traces the evolution of modern computing through the mathematical logic developed between the seventeenth and mid-twentieth centuries.
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The Guitar and Its Music
Also outward-looking · technical, history
James Tyler and Paul Sparks document the evolution of the guitar from the mid-sixteenth century to the start of the nineteenth century.
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The Cambridge Companion to the Violin
Also outward-looking · technical, history
This volume provides a technical and chronological overview of the violin, covering its physical evolution from the sixteenth century to the modern era.
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Tastes of Byzantium
by Andrew Dalby
Also outward-looking · history, academic
Andrew Dalby reconstructs the culinary landscape of the Eastern Roman Empire, focusing on the markets and kitchens of Constantinople.
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Russia and the Russians
Also outward-looking · history, academic
Geoffrey Hosking analyzes the tension between the expansion of the Russian state and the development of its national identity.
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Hitler's Gift
Also outward-looking · history, academic
In 1933, the Civil Service Law stripped Jewish academics of their positions, dismantling Germany’s global dominance in science and physics.
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Art Through the Ages
Also outward-looking · technical, history
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages organizes the history of visual expression into a chronological survey of global civilizations.
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Constantinople: Capital of Byzantium
Also outward-looking · history, academic
Jonathan Harris reconstructs the urban landscape and political culture of Constantinople during the peak of its influence around the year 1200.
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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
by S.C. Gwynne
Also outward-looking · history, academic
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