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Jonathan Tapson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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"A polymath" - judgement of the Federal Court of Australia. Founder at https://t.co/O3zqyeKd2Y, https://t.co/ogtt0Z6Ntc, https://t.co/1clNPLsk6S. Formerly https://t.co/rZ93cZ4iwt, WSU, UCT.

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Book Cover for: Silicon: From the Invention of the Microprocessor to the New Science of Consciousness, Federico Faggin

Silicon: From the Invention of the Microprocessor to the New Science of Consciousness

Federico Faggin
Jonathan TapsonJonathan Tapson

@nwilliams030 George Gilder’s books are fun if you can stand the breathless writing style (esp. The Silicon Eye). Federico Faggin’s autobiography is good. “Fire in the Valley” is readable. “The Soul of a new machine” is more computers than silicon but still great all these years later.

Paperback, 2021

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Book Cover for: Silicon Eye: Microchip Swashbucklers and the Future of High-Tech Innovation, George Gilder

Silicon Eye: Microchip Swashbucklers and the Future of High-Tech Innovation

George Gilder
Jonathan TapsonJonathan Tapson

@nwilliams030 George Gilder’s books are fun if you can stand the breathless writing style (esp. The Silicon Eye). Federico Faggin’s autobiography is good. “Fire in the Valley” is readable. “The Soul of a new machine” is more computers than silicon but still great all these years later.

Paperback, 2006

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book