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Technology Nonfiction That Reads Like Fiction
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June 2010
Compiled by Jessica Barrientos
of the Golden Library from contributions by the members of Fiction_L
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
Beyer, Kurt. Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age
Bodanis, David. Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity
Bryson, Bill. A Short History of Nearly Everything
Carter, W. Hodding. Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization
Hart, Matthew. Diamond: A Journey to the Heart of Obsession
Hickman, Homer. Rocket Boys
Kanigel, Robert. The One Best Way: Fredrick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency
Katz, Jon. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho
Keller, Julia. Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It
Kelly, Jack. Gunpowder: Alchemy Bombards, and Pyrotechnics
Kidder, Tracy. Soul of a New Machine
King, Ross. Brunelleschi's Dome
Kurzweil, Ray. The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
Lacey, Robert. Ford: The Man and the Machine
Larson, Erik. Devil in the White City; Thunderstruck
Levy, Steven. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
McCullough, David. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
Mezrich, Ben. Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook - A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal
Petroski, Henry. Pushing the Limits; The Essential Engineer
Postman, Neil. Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
Robison, John Elder. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
Rybczynski, Witold. One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
Schlesinger, Henry. Battery: How Portable Power Sparked and Technological Revolution
Selby, Scott Andrew and Greg Campbell. Flawless
Shulman, Seth. The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret
Silverstein, Ken. The Radioactive Boyscout: The True Story of the Boy Who Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Shed
Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Sobel, Dava. Longitude
Stoll, Clifford. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy through the Maze of Computer Espionage
Strand, Ginger Gail. Inventing Niagra: Beauty, Power and Lies
Wolfe, Tom. The Right Stuff
Woolley, Benjamin. The Bride of Science: Romance, Reason, and Byron's Daughter
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