Books

lets have a thread in which you post books that have impacted you in a big way.
important books that you think every good /prog/rider should read.
/prog/ DOES read books, right?
just post the name, subject, and a little description if you like.
i'll start with a couple obvious ones:

SICP
-general computer science
-scheme

K&R
-C

>>34
Mat Dickie is so inspiring, I wish I could make shitty wrestling games all by myself.