books recommended by Bret Victor

Bret Victor is an interface designer, computer scientist, and electrical engineer known for his talks on the future of technology. He currently works as a researcher at Dynamicland.

Bret Victor is an interface designer, computer scientist, and electrical engineer known for his talks on the future of technology. He currently works as a researcher at Dynamicland.

books recommended by Bret Victor

Last Updated Jan 31, 2024

Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

Understanding Comics

Understanding Comics

Scott Mccloud

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Harold Abelson

About Face

About Face

David H. Hackworth

The Origin of Consciousness

The Origin of Consciousness

Julian Jaynes

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

Edward R. Tufte

Envisioning Information

Envisioning Information

Edward R. Tufte

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

Alan Cooper

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Richard Hamming

The Clock of the Long Now

The Clock of the Long Now

Stewart Brand

Visual Explanations

Visual Explanations

Edward R. Tufte

Mathematics

Mathematics

A. D. Aleksandrov

The Nature of Mathematical Modeling

The Nature of Mathematical Modeling

Neil Gershenfeld

The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

James J. Gibson

Reinventing Comics

Reinventing Comics

Scott McCloud

The Little Schemer

The Little Schemer

Daniel P. Friedman & Matthias Felleisen

What the Dormouse Said

What the Dormouse Said

John Markoff

Beautiful Evidence

Beautiful Evidence

Edward R. Tufte

Making Comics

Making Comics

Scott McCloud

The Humane Interface

The Humane Interface

Jef Raskin

New Horizons in Geometry

New Horizons in Geometry

Mamikon A. Mnatsakanian & Tom M. Apostol

Where Mathematics Comes From

Where Mathematics Comes From

George Lakoff & Rafael Núñez

Rules of Play

Rules of Play

Katie Salen Tekinbaş & Eric Zimmerman

Meggs' History of Graphic Design

Meggs' History of Graphic Design

Philip B. Meggs & Alston W. Purvis

Logic and Design

Logic and Design

Krome Barratt

The Domestication of the Savage Mind

The Domestication of the Savage Mind

Jack Goody

Hacker's Delight

Hacker's Delight

Henry S. Warren Jr.

Simulation and Its Discontents

Simulation and Its Discontents

Sherry Turkle

Being There

Being There

Dave Furman

Designing for People

Designing for People

Henry Dreyfuss

The Elements of Graphing Data

The Elements of Graphing Data

William S. Cleveland

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Snow Crash

Understanding Comics

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

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