{"product_id":"the-innovators-how-a-group-of-hackers-geniuses-and-geeks-created-the-digital-revolution-paperback","title":"The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalter Isaacson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Innovators\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e) story of the people who created the computer and the internet.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Innovators\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterly saga of collaborative genius destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution--and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. Isaacson begins the adventure 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Innovators\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a sweeping and surprisingly tenderhearted history of the digital age\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Isaacson, a professor of history at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLeonardo da Vinci\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Innovators\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Steve Jobs\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEinstein: His Life and Universe\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBenjamin Franklin: An American Life\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eKissinger: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e, and the coauthor of\u003ci\u003e The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. \u003c\/i\u003eVisit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.2 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964688040237,"sku":"9781476708706","price":22.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-innovators-how-a-group-of-hackers-geniuses-and-geeks-created-the-digital-revolution-paperback-5799963.webp?v=1775476327","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-innovators-how-a-group-of-hackers-geniuses-and-geeks-created-the-digital-revolution-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}