Comp Sci books

I'm looking for any recomendations for good computer science books. I am currently trudging my way through Knuth's "The art of Computer Programming" right now.

What Comp Sci books have influenced you the most?

For me it has been:
"Code Complete" - Steve McConnell
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...103-2975002-2619846?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Aboslutely superb book on the proper techniques in producing quality production code.

"Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" - Charles Petzold
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...f=sr_1_1/103-2975002-2619846?v=glance&s=books

Great book on how a computer is constructed from Morse Code - simple relays - Logic gates - switches - Ram and all the way up. Awesome book.


"The Object-Oriented Thought Process" - Matt Weisfeld, Bill McCarty
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=2V0PJ327K4&isbn=0672318539&itm=2

Another Great book explaining OOP.

Anybody else got some favorites? Not really looking for specific language books (I have dozens of those) more along the lines of Comp Sci Theory books?

 

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The Knuth Bible is great...ONCE you know an algorithm. I never recommend it to people to learn an algorithm. Honestly, to learn algorithms, I use applets a lot, since they can show you step by step how its done. As for books, good question, a lot of them don't do a very good job of explaining algorithms or data structures.

-AntonK

 

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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter is excellent, excellent reading.

 

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