The how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution Isaacson, Walter 1952- creator text bibliography biography nyu 2014 First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. monographic eng

print

viii, 542 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm "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 cr eated 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"-- Illustrated timeline -- Ada, Countess of Lovelace -- The computer -- Programming -- The transistor -- The microchip -- Video games -- The Internet -- The personal computer -- Software -- Online -- The Web -- Ada forever. Walter Isaacson. Includes bibliographical references and index. Computer scientists Biography Computer science History Internet History Internet Historia Computación Informáticos Biografías QA 76.2 I73i 2014 004.092/2 9781476708690 (hbk.) 147670869X (hbk.) DLC 261013 20261013141330.0 eng