The Innovators
Subtitle: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
By: Walter Isaacson
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction; Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 957
ISBN-13: 9781410474971
Subjects: History; Computer scientists; Computer science; Biography; Internet
Description: 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? Beginning with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s, Walter Isaacson explores the fascinating personalities that created our current digital revolution. For an era that seeks to foster innovation, creativity, and teamwork, The Innovators shows how they happen.
Notes: Unabridged.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 843-946).
Table of contents: title: Ada, Countess of Lovelace; title: The computer; title: Programming; title: The transistor; title: The microchip; title: Video games; title: The Internet; title: The personal computer; title: Software; title: Online; title: The Web; title: Ada forever.