RaveBooklist...astute ... Equally entertaining and enlightening, this will appeal to readers with an eye on the future.
Shalini Shankar
PositiveBooklistShankar provides an in-depth analysis of multiple factors that contribute to an elite speller’s success ... In this revealing look at how the youngest generation is adapting to face an exceptionally competitive world, Shankar shows that these bright, dedicated competitors give us many reasons to feel hopeful.
Clive Thompson
RaveBooklistThompson...offers a broad cultural view of the world of coders and programmers from the field’s origins in the mid-twentieth century to the present ... highly readable and entertaining ... In this comprehensive look at the people behind the digital systems now essential to everyday life, Thompson also elucidates the myth of meritocracy by examining the trend from mostly female to mostly male coders in the past 50 years, how a corporate monoculture can contribute to negative work environments, and what educational institutions are doing to promote gender parity in computer-science programs.
