The innovators: how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution
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Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable 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?In his masterly saga, Isaacson begins with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron’s daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s. He explores the fascinating 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. This is the story of how their minds worked and what made them so inventive. It’s also a narrative of how their ability to collaborate and master the art of teamwork made them even more creative.For an era that seeks to foster innovation, creativity, and teamwork, The Innovators shows how they happen.
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Subjects
Babbage, Charles
Babbage, Charles, -- 1791-1871
Biography & Autobiography
Bush, Vannevar
Bush, Vannevar, -- 1890-1974
Business
Computer industry
Computer industry -- History
Computer science
Computer science -- History
Computer scientists
Computer scientists -- Biography
Computer Technology
Eckert, J. Presper
Eckert, J. Presper -- (John Presper), -- 1919-1995
History
Internet
Internet -- History
Licklider, J. C. R
Lovelace, Ada King
Lovelace, Ada King, -- Countess of, -- 1815-1852
Mauchly, John W
Mauchly, John W. -- (John William), -- 1907-1980
Nonfiction
Noyce, Robert N
Noyce, Robert N. -- (Robert Norton), -- 1927-1990
Roberts, L. G
Roberts, L. G. -- (Lawrence G.)
Shockley, William
Shockley, William, -- 1910-1989
Taylor, R. W
Taylor, R. W. -- (Robert William), -- 1932-2017
Von Neumann, John
Von Neumann, John, -- 1903-1957
Babbage, Charles, -- 1791-1871
Biography & Autobiography
Bush, Vannevar
Bush, Vannevar, -- 1890-1974
Business
Computer industry
Computer industry -- History
Computer science
Computer science -- History
Computer scientists
Computer scientists -- Biography
Computer Technology
Eckert, J. Presper
Eckert, J. Presper -- (John Presper), -- 1919-1995
History
Internet
Internet -- History
Licklider, J. C. R
Lovelace, Ada King
Lovelace, Ada King, -- Countess of, -- 1815-1852
Mauchly, John W
Mauchly, John W. -- (John William), -- 1907-1980
Nonfiction
Noyce, Robert N
Noyce, Robert N. -- (Robert Norton), -- 1927-1990
Roberts, L. G
Roberts, L. G. -- (Lawrence G.)
Shockley, William
Shockley, William, -- 1910-1989
Taylor, R. W
Taylor, R. W. -- (Robert William), -- 1932-2017
Von Neumann, John
Von Neumann, John, -- 1903-1957
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9781442376250
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subject_facet | Babbage, Charles, -- 1791-1871 Bush, Vannevar, -- 1890-1974 Computer industry -- History Computer science -- History Computer scientists -- Biography Eckert, J. Presper -- (John Presper), -- 1919-1995 Internet -- History Licklider, J. C. R Lovelace, Ada King, -- Countess of, -- 1815-1852 Mauchly, John W. -- (John William), -- 1907-1980 Noyce, Robert N. -- (Robert Norton), -- 1927-1990 Roberts, L. G. -- (Lawrence G.) Shockley, William, -- 1910-1989 Taylor, R. W. -- (Robert William), -- 1932-2017 Von Neumann, John, -- 1903-1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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title_full | The Innovators How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution The innovators : how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution / Walter Isaacson The innovators : how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution [electronic resource] / Walter Isaacson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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topic_facet | Babbage, Charles Biography & Autobiography Bush, Vannevar Business Computer Technology Computer industry Computer science Computer scientists Eckert, J. Presper History Internet Licklider, J. C. R Lovelace, Ada King Mauchly, John W Nonfiction Noyce, Robert N Roberts, L. G Shockley, William Taylor, R. W Von Neumann, John |