Hi Troy, Bill Aspray's *John von Neumann and the Origins of Modern Computing*, a deeply insightful and path breaking work of scholarship, in large part a biography, and much more. Andrew Hodges *Alan Turing: The Enigma*. Leslie Berlin's *The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley* is a great bio on this influential physicist, engineer, and entrepreneur in IT. (And sticking with the Fairchild, Intel and Silicon Valley theme...) Arnold Thackray, David Brock, and Rachel Jones' *Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary*. Agree what others have said on Waldrop's *The Dream Machine*, an excellent book by this top science journalist. And I very highly recommend Hunter's excellent biography on Herbert Simon. Best, Jeff The Man behind the Microchip : Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley *"Injustice wears the same harsh face wherever it shows itself."*-Ralph Ellison Jeffrey R. Yost, Ph.D. Director, Charles Babbage Institute Research Professor, Program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine 222 21st Avenue South University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455 612 624 5050 Phone 612 625 8054 Fax On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 6:31 AM Troy Astarte <Troy.Astarte@newcastle.ac.uk> wrote:
Dear SIG-CIS,
What is your favourite biography of a scientist or mathematician? I’m particularly interested in modern subjects and those who worked in computing/computer science. Ideally the book would cover the subject’s work in a reasonable level of technical detail as well as their life and the broader context in which they lived and worked.
I ask because I am considering applying for funding for an essentially biographical project on a computer scientist and I would like to read some (more) biographies first.
Best,
Troy Astarte
School of Computing Newcastle University
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