{"id":11458,"count":14,"description":"Computers, code and algorithms have become an ubiquitous part of 21st-century society, at the same time revolutionizing our lives and raising deep questions regarding our relationship with machines.\r\n\r\nTo understand how it all started, our interview with George Dyson explores the very <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/george-dyson-on-the-origins-of-computing\/\">origins of computing<\/a> in the 19th century and the fantastic progress towards the first Turing-complete machine after World War II. <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/quantum-computing-chris-bernhardt\/\">Quantum computing<\/a> is the leading edge of computer developments.\r\n\r\nFor those looking to get their hands dirty, our list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/programming-computer-science-ana-bell\/\">best books to get into computer science and programming<\/a>, with Ana Bell from MIT, is one of the most popular on the site.\r\n\r\nWe have expert recommendations on <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/technology\/artificial-intelligence\/\">Artificial Intelligence books<\/a> and books about Data Science.\r\n\r\nFinally, if your heart goes to games and virtual worlds, don't miss our selections by <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/tom-chatfield-on-computer-games\/\">Tom Chatfield<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/katherine-isbister-video-games\/\">Katherine Isbister<\/a>.","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/technology\/computing\/","name":"Computing","slug":"computing","taxonomy":"category","parent":11196,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/11458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/11196"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=11458"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?categories=11458"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?categories=11458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}