Books Wishlist

This page consists of books we'd like to get to stock the library. It is divided into 3 sections. The first is books going on this term's MEF proposal, this should be done by whoever is writing the proposal. The second is a list of actual books with ISBN. The third is vague ideas of what kind of books we need. The goal is for this page to be emptied by way of moving things from section three up to section one and then off.

MEF Proposal

MEF Proposal books should include a quote and a sentence or two of justification.

Actual Books

Actual books should have a precise title and ISBN for edition desired.

Foundations/Field Surveys

• Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming
  • Volume 1, Fascicle 1: MMIX -- A RISC Computer for the New Millennium
    • ISBN-13: 978-0201853926
  • Volume 4, Fascicle 0: Introduction to Combinatorial Algorithms and Boolean Functions
    • ISBN-13: 978-0321534965
  • Volume 4, Fascicle 1: Bitwise Tricks & Techniques; Binary Decision Diagrams
    • ISBN-13: 978-0321580504
  • Volume 4, Fascicle 2: Generating All Tuples and Permutations
    • ISBN-13: 978-0201853933
  • Volume 4, Fascicle 3: Generating All Combinations and Partitions
    • ISBN-13: 978-0201853940
  • Volume 4, Fascicle 4: Generating All Trees--History of Combinatorial Generation
    • ISBN-13: 978-0321335708
• Wirth, Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs
  • ISBN-13: 978-0130224187
• Dijkstra, A Discipline of Programming
  • ISBN-13: 978-0132158718

Data Structures

• Okasaki, Purely Functional Data Structures
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521663502

Typography

• Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style
  • ISBN-13: 978-0881792065
• Knuth, Computers & Typesetting, Volumes A-E Boxed Set
  • ISBN-13: 978-0201734164

Vague Ideas

These can be anything from a title missing an edition choice to a topic name to a binding style/colour.

Theory

• Approximation Algorithms
• Randomized Algorithms
• Computer and Intractability (Grey & Johnson)
• Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
• Project Management
  • Software Requirements
  • Software Design & Architecture
  • Software Testing
• Concurrency/Multithreading
• Security (Firewalls)
• Introduction to the Theory of Computation
• Numerical Analysis
• Numerical Methods? (Stoer & Bulirsch)
  • This is probably not the actual title. We want a book on numerical methods by Stoer & Bulirsch
• Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (Bryant & O'Hallaron)

Programming Languages

• Python
• Haskell
• Ruby
• C#
• Visual Basic .NET
• OCaml
• Scheme
• F#
• Basic
• Groovy
• Javascript
• C/C++
• Assembly
• Databases [SQL]

Technology Books

• Ubuntu
• Unix/Linux Beginner Books
• OpenGL/DirectX
• GTK
• Unix Network Programming

Miscellaneous

• Mein Kampf
• The Protocols of the Elders of Zion