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CHM Live | Read Me: The Books that Inspired the Computing Revolution

[Recorded January 20, 2026] Whether you're an expert, student, or simply curious, how can you truly grasp what is happening in computing? One powerful answer has endured: “Read a book!” In Readme, historian W. Patrick McCray explores how influential books shaped the trajectory of computing innovations and ideas that echo in the current AI revolution. Here’s what you’ll experience in this fireside chat with the author: -A literary history of computing through bestsellers like Giant Brains, Cybernetics, Computer Lib/Dream Machines, The Big Score, Microcosm, DOS for Dummies, and more. -Insights into how these books didn’t just explain technology but also inspired visions that transformed computing. -A fresh perspective on how a centuries-old technology remains a force for change and understanding. SPEAKER: W. Patrick McCray, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara W. Patrick McCray is a professor in the History Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author/editor of eight books, including README: A Bookish History of Computing from Giant Brains to Everything Machines (MIT, 2025) and the prizewinning 2013 book The Visioneers. This year, he holds the Kluge Chair in Technology and Society at the Library of Congress. MODERATOR: David C. Brock Director and Curator, Software History Center, CHM David C. Brock is an historian of technology and director of the CHM Software History Center. He focuses on histories of computing, electronics and instrumentation, as well as on oral history. Brock’s work in the history of semiconductor electronics includes Thackray, Brock and Jones, Moore’s Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley’s Quiet Revolutionary (Basic Books, 2015); Lécuyer and Brock, Makers of the Microchip: A Documentary History of Fairchild Semiconductor (MIT Press, 2010); and Brock (ed.) Understanding Moore’s Law (CHF, 2005). Catalog Number: 300000253 Acquisition Number: 2026.0013