Which book influenced you the most?

I was catching up with some reading. I happened to chance upon the article in IEEE Spectrum March 2007 issue which was about books that made an impact in the lives of a few leading technologists.

The two books that were mentioned by more than one person were:

• A Single Pebble


• Gravity's Rainbow

The reason for such books the article writer thinks is:
Science fiction probably did as much as anything else in the 20th century to push youngsters into engineering. So it’s natural to look at the genre today and wonder if, amid the electronic clutter of modern adolescence, paper books still retain their power to enthrall and inspire.


Here is the link to that article.

, ,