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

Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Harold Abelson

Understanding Comics

Understanding Comics

Scott Mccloud

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

Edward R. Tufte

The Origin of Consciousness

The Origin of Consciousness

Julian Jaynes

About Face

About Face

David H. Hackworth

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

Alan Cooper

Envisioning Information

Envisioning Information

Edward R. Tufte

The Humane Interface

The Humane Interface

Jef Raskin

Making Comics

Making Comics

Scott McCloud

Beautiful Evidence

Beautiful Evidence

Edward R. Tufte

What the Dormouse Said

What the Dormouse Said

John Markoff

The Little Schemer

The Little Schemer

Daniel P. Friedman & Matthias Felleisen

Reinventing Comics

Reinventing Comics

Scott McCloud

The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

James J. Gibson

The Nature of Mathematical Modeling

The Nature of Mathematical Modeling

Neil Gershenfeld

Mathematics

Mathematics

A. D. Aleksandrov

Visual Explanations

Visual Explanations

Edward R. Tufte

The Clock of the Long Now

The Clock of the Long Now

Stewart Brand

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Richard Hamming

The Elements of Graphing Data

The Elements of Graphing Data

William S. Cleveland

Designing for People

Designing for People

Henry Dreyfuss

Being There

Being There

Dave Furman

Simulation and Its Discontents

Simulation and Its Discontents

Sherry Turkle

Hacker's Delight

Hacker's Delight

Henry S. Warren Jr.

The Domestication of the Savage Mind

The Domestication of the Savage Mind

Jack Goody

Logic and Design

Logic and Design

Krome Barratt

Meggs' History of Graphic Design

Meggs' History of Graphic Design

Philip B. Meggs & Alston W. Purvis

Rules of Play

Rules of Play

Katie Salen Tekinbaş & Eric Zimmerman

Where Mathematics Comes From

Where Mathematics Comes From

George Lakoff & Rafael Núñez

New Horizons in Geometry

New Horizons in Geometry

Mamikon A. Mnatsakanian & Tom M. Apostol

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Snow Crash

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Understanding Comics

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