The innovators how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution /
Story of the people who created the computer and the Internet ; also a history of the digital revolution and a guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their cre...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Waterville, Maine :
Thorndike Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | Large print edition. |
| Series: | Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
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| Summary: | Story of the people who created the computer and the Internet ; also a history of the digital revolution and a guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail? Isaacson begins with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s. He explores the personalities that created our current digital revolution, such as Vannevar Bush, Alan Turing, John von Neumann, J.C.R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Robert Noyce, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, Tim Berners-Lee, and Larry Page. Relates of how their minds worked and what made them so inventive. Also a narrative of how their ability to collaborate and master the art of teamwork made them even more creative. |
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| Physical Description: | 957 pages (large print) : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 843-946). |
| ISBN: | 9781410474971 (large print) |