''Slaves of the Machine '' George J.E. Rawlins, MIT Press, Cambridge 1997

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[ISBN 02 6218 1835] The quickening of computer technology
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Half of a set of books on machines, computers, life, bursting with analogies, metaphors, humor and cynicism.

What have Napoleon and a taxi chauffeur in Paris in common with computers and software?

Find it out reading these books.
 
They are excellent help in explaining computers and writing software to people who have no clue of Turing machines, complexity... 

A good idea for a present to your computer-illiterate boss, friend, spouse together with it's twin book MothsToTheFlame.

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