ACM Classic Books Series This list of classic books is the result of a poll ACM conducted where members named their favorite computer science books.
We hope you'll enjoy the books in this Classic Books series!
The computer and the brainJohn von Neumann
Year of Publication: 1958
A programming languageKenneth E. Iverson
Year of Publication: 1962
IBM system/360 principles of operationIBM
Year of Publication: 1964
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Computation: finite and infinite machinesMarvin L. Minsky
Year of Publication: 1967
Formal languages and their relation to automataJohn E. Hopcroft, Jeffrey D. Ullman
Year of Publication: 1969
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Structured programmingO. J. Dahl, E. W. Dijkstra, C. A. R. Hoare
Year of Publication: 1972
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The multics systemElliott I. Organick
Year of Publication: 1972
The theory of parsing, translation, and compilingAlfred V. Aho, Jeffrey D. Ullman
Year of Publication: 1972
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Operating system principlesPer Brinch Hansen
Year of Publication: 1973
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Compiler constructionF. L. Bauer, F. L. De Remer, M. Griffiths, U. Hill, J. J. Horning, C. H. A. Koster, W. M. McKeeman, P. C. Poole, W. M. Waite /
J. Eickel, G. Goos, J. Hartmanis
Year of Publication: 1974
PASCAL user manual and reportKathleen Jensen, Niklaus Wirth, P. Brinch Hansen, D. Gries, C. Moler, G. Seegmüller, N. Wirth, G. Goos, J. Hartmanis
Year of Publication: 1974
The architecture of concurrent programsPer Brinch Hansen
Year of Publication: 1977
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Anatomy of LISPJohn Allen
Year of Publication: 1978
Classics in software engineeringEdward Nash Yourdon
Year of Publication: 1979
MindstormsSeymour Papert
Year of Publication: 1980
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Cryptography and data securityDorothy Elizabeth Robling Denning
Year of Publication: 1982
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Selected writings on computingEdsger W. Dijkstra
Year of Publication: 1982
Writing efficient programsJon Louis Bentley
Year of Publication: 1982
The Elements of Programming StyleBrian W. Kernighan, P. J. Plauger
Year of Publication: 1982
Artificial intelligenceElaine Rich
Year of Publication: 1983
Smalltalk-80Adele Goldberg, David Robson
Year of Publication: 1983
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Essays in computing scienceC. A. R. Hoare, C. B. Jones
Year of Publication: 1989
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The relational model for database managementE. F. Codd
Year of Publication: 1990
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Macintosh human interface guidelinesApple Computer, Inc.
Year of Publication: 1992
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201 principles of software developmentAlan M. Davis
Year of Publication: 1995