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24 alternatives to Grace Hopper and The Invention of The Information Age

Great Grace Hopper Biography

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Grace Hopper and The Invention of The Information Age launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood▲67

   Where the big ideas of the modern era came from

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   First Women▲68

   The grace and power of America's first ladies

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age▲5

   A bio of the guy we owe the internet to

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   The Sovereign Individual▲77

   Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Timehop▲151

   Your digital life history

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation▲62

   A story about the life & work of brilliant engineers!

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Surfkoll▲88

   Insights into your browsing history

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   The Shape of Time▲62

   Remarks on the history of things

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    A Mind at Play▲4

    How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    What Women Want▲67

    The science of female shopping

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    American Girls▲60

    Social media and the secret lives of teenagers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Organized Mind▲65

    Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World▲61

    How wonder drives tech innovation

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Tesla: Inventor of the Electric Age▲123

    Inventor and "celebrity scientist" that gave us electricity

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    American Girls▲67

    Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Gene▲64

    An Intimate History

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Loglr▲75

    See the browsing history of people that inspire you

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Idea Makers▲58

    Insights into some of our greatest thinkers + makers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Tools for Thought▲69

    The history and future of mind-expanding technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    A History of Silicon Valley▲71

    The greatest creation of wealth in the history of the planet

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Andy Grove▲76

    The life and times of an American

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    Search: How the Data Explosion Makes Us Smarter ▲90

    Holds up a mirror to our time to see if search can keep up

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Buckminster Fuller Inc.: Architecture in the Age of Radio▲61

    A deep exploration of Richard Buckminster Fuller's work

    2015 · its alternatives →

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