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CSCI 4830 History and Future of Computing
Recommended Reading, Spring 2016
Full list here: http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~aaronc/cou...
Fiction and nonfiction list.
Full list here: http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~aaronc/cou...
Fiction and nonfiction list.
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