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Software Engineering at Google Summary
Software Engineering at Google
Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
by Titus Winters 2020 602 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing Summary
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
by Petroski 1996 256 pages
3.75
351 ratings
Engineering
Design
Science
The Evolution of Useful Things Summary
The Evolution of Useful Things
How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are.
by Henry Petroski 1994 304 pages
3.52
1k+ ratings
History
Science
Design
Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1 Summary
Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1
Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches, Encoders, Relays, Transistors
by Charles Platt 2012 294 pages
4.34
186 ratings
Reference
Engineering
Technology
The Great Bridge Summary
The Great Bridge
The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
by David McCullough 1972 608 pages
4.26
18k+ ratings
History
American History
New York
The Formula Summary
The Formula
How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sportβ€”A High-Octane History of Formula 1's Rise in ... Racing Culture, and Engineering Marvels
by Joshua Robinson 2024 298 pages
4.31
6k+ ratings
Sports
Business
History
Concrete Planet Summary
Concrete Planet
The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material
by Robert Courland 2011 400 pages
3.89
218 ratings
History
Science
Microhistory
Engineering in Plain Sight Summary
Engineering in Plain Sight
An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
by Grady Hillhouse 2022 251 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Science
Engineering
Technology
India’s Railway Man Summary
India’s Railway Man
A Biography of E. Sreedharan
by Rajendra B. Aklekar 2017 273 pages
3.85
249 ratings
Biography
History
Engineering
Hypermedia Systems Summary
Hypermedia Systems
by Carson Gross 2023 548 pages
4.37
225 ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Web Scalability for Startup Engineers Summary
Web Scalability for Startup Engineers
by Artur Ejsmont 2015 416 pages
4.50
343 ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
The Pencil Summary
The Pencil
A History of Design and Circumstance
by Henry Petroski 1992 434 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
History
Science
Engineering
The Right Kind of Crazy Summary
The Right Kind of Crazy
A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation
by Adam Steltzner 2015 256 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Science
Space
Business
Computer Hacking Beginners Guide Summary
Computer Hacking Beginners Guide
How to Hack Wireless Network, Basic Security and Penetration Testing, Kali Linux, Your First Hack
by Alan T. Norman 2016 167 pages
3.72
224 ratings
Hackers
Technology
Engineering
Domain-Driven Design Quickly Summary
Domain-Driven Design Quickly
by Floyd Marinescu 2006 104 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Unwritten Laws of Engineering Summary
Unwritten Laws of Engineering
by W.J. King 2011 78 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Engineering
Business
Programming
Make Summary
Make
Electronics
by Charles Platt 2008 349 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Engineering
Science
Reference
Materials Science and Engineering Summary
Materials Science and Engineering
An Introduction
by William D. Callister Jr. 1985 848 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Engineering
Science
Textbooks
The Essential Engineer Summary
The Essential Engineer
Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems
by Henry Petroski 2010 288 pages
3.37
270 ratings
Engineering
Science
Technology
Structural Analysis Summary
Structural Analysis
by Russell C. Hibbeler 1982 640 pages
4.10
424 ratings
Engineering
Civil Engineering
Physics
The Idea Factory Summary
The Idea Factory
Learning to Think at MIT
by Pepper White 1991 328 pages
3.85
255 ratings
Education
Science
Biography
Small Things Considered Summary
Small Things Considered
Why There Is No Perfect Design
by Henry Petroski 2003 304 pages
3.40
334 ratings
Design
Science
Engineering
Signals and Systems Summary
Signals and Systems
by A. Anand Kumar 2011 952 pages
4.07
233 ratings
Engineering
The Unwritten Laws of Business Summary
The Unwritten Laws of Business
by W.J. King 1944 98 pages
3.99
5k+ ratings
Business
Management
Engineering
Engineers of Dreams Summary
Engineers of Dreams
Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America
by Henry Petroski 1995 479 pages
3.78
166 ratings
History
Engineering
Science
The Road Taken Summary
The Road Taken
The History and Future of America's Infrastructure
by Henry Petroski 2016 322 pages
3.44
500+ ratings
History
Engineering
Economics
Architecting for Scale Summary
Architecting for Scale
High Availability for Your Growing Applications
by Lee Atchison 2016 228 pages
3.57
229 ratings
Technology
Architecture
Software
The Perfectionists Summary
The Perfectionists
How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
by Simon Winchester 2018 416 pages
4.15
6k+ ratings
History
Science
Engineering
The Book on the Bookshelf Summary
The Book on the Bookshelf
by Henry Petroski 1999 307 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Books About Books
History
Microhistory
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air Summary
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air
by David J.C. MacKay 2008 384 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
Science
Sustainability
Environment
Civil Engineering Summary
Civil Engineering
A Very Short Introduction
by David Muir Wood 2012 143 pages
3.61
137 ratings
Science
Engineering
Architecture
CMOS VLSI Design Summary
CMOS VLSI Design
A Circuits and Systems Perspective
by Neil H.E. Weste 2011 967 pages
4.11
142 ratings
Textbooks
Engineering
Computer Science
Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks Summary
Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks
When Threads Unravel
by Paul Butcher 2014 267 pages
3.82
349 ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Exploring Arduino Summary
Exploring Arduino
by Jeremy Blum 2013 384 pages
4.28
281 ratings
Engineering
Reference
Technology
Cloud Finops Summary
Cloud Finops
Collaborative, Real-Time Cloud Financial Management
by J.R. Storment 2019 284 pages
4.11
184 ratings
Technology
Finance
Software
Arduino For Dummies Summary
Arduino For Dummies
by John Nussey 2013 438 pages
3.94
162 ratings
Technology
Computer Science
Reference
How Technology Works Summary
How Technology Works
The Facts Visually Explained
by D.K. Publishing 2019 256 pages
4.33
166 ratings
Science
Technology
Engineering
Tesla Summary
Tesla
Inventor of the Electrical Age
by W. Bernard Carlson 2013 520 pages
3.87
2k+ ratings
Biography
Science
History
Programming the Raspberry Pi Summary
Programming the Raspberry Pi
Getting Started with Python
by Simon Monk 2012 170 pages
3.82
420 ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Solar Energy Summary
Solar Energy
The physics and engineering of photovoltaic conversion, technologies and systems
by Arno Smets 2016 825 pages
4.04
151 ratings
Science
Electrical Engineering
Engineering
Getting Started With Raspberry Pi Summary
Getting Started With Raspberry Pi
by Matt Richardson 2012 161 pages
3.85
322 ratings
Technology
Reference
Programming
Quality Is Free Summary
Quality Is Free
The Art of Making Quality Certain
by Philip B. Crosby 1979 270 pages
4.04
254 ratings
Business
Management
Engineering
Innovation Summary
Innovation
A Very Short Introduction
by Mark Dodgson 2010 168 pages
3.28
190 ratings
Science
Economics
Business
Raspberry Pi User Guide Summary
Raspberry Pi User Guide
by Eben Upton 2012 264 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computers
Platform Engineering Summary
Platform Engineering
A Guide for Technical, Product, and People Leaders
by Camille Fournier 2024 322 pages
4.06
108 ratings
Technology
Programming
Software
Fundamentals of Data Engineering Summary
Fundamentals of Data Engineering
Plan and Build Robust Data Systems
by Joe Reis 2022 426 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Learning Domain-Driven Design Summary
Learning Domain-Driven Design
Aligning Software Architecture and Business Strategy
by Vladik Khononov 2021 340 pages
4.43
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Truth, Lies, and O-Rings Summary
Truth, Lies, and O-Rings
Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
by Allan J. McDonald 2009 648 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
History
Space
Science
Fundamentals of Software Architecture Summary
Fundamentals of Software Architecture
An Engineering Approach
by Mark Richards 2020 422 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Software
Invent To Learn Summary
Invent To Learn
Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
by Sylvia Libow Martinez 2013 252 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Education
Professional Development
Teaching
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