In 1991 David Goldberg wrote a paper on floating point which is a tutorial for developers on what they need to know about floating point, including the IEEE representation and roundoff error. This is one of the classic papers of computer science.
The classic paper is an academic paper which is not the most accessible presentation of the material. Here is a site that presents the material in an easier form.
The Floating Point Guide (http://floating-point-gui.de/)
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