VoidPhil

Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's history of technology is a fun and reasonably fast read. Wheeler's writing is accessible and often humorous, and Wheeler's appetite for the subject matter is palpable throughout. That being said, the book doesn't break much new ground and doesn't provide much new information to anyone interested in these subjects. However, Wheeler includes many minor but very interesting historical anecdotes that make for very interesting reading.

Iain Ballantyne's book on the history of submarines is an excellent resource for anyone interested in the topic. The book is dense, weighing in at over 600 pages, but it is a relatively easy read given its interesting subject matter and good writing. Ballantyne does a good job of making the subject interesting and funny, injecting humorous and fascinating anecdotes here and there. I thought the book did a great job of telling the history of submarines particularly in the WWI — WWII era, but it seemed to skim over the history a little more post-WWII.