Technology
Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
Paperback
The hidden history of the pocket calculator—a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb and went with us to the moon—and the mathematicians, designers and inventors who brought it to life
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Paperback
“If you want to understand modern-day Silicon Valley, you need to read this book.” John Carreyrou
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Hardback
A The New York Times technology correspondent presents the dramatic rise and fall of Uber, set against the rapid upheaval in Silicon Valley during the mobile era.
The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant
Hardback
A deeply reported business history of the chip-designer Nvidia—from its founding in 1993 to its recent emergence as one of the most valuable corporations in the world—explaining how the company’s culture, overseen by co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang, has powered its incredible success
Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World
Hardback
An ode to systems engineers—whose invisible work undergirds our life—and an exploration of the wicked problems they tackle