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020 _a9781476708690
050 0 0 _aQA76.2.A2
_bI87 2014
082 1 _a004.0922 ISA
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100 1 _aIsaacson, Walter
245 1 4 _aThe innovators :
_bhow a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution
_c/ Walter Isaacson.
250 _aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
260 _aNew York
_b: Simon & Schuster
_c, 2014
300 _a542 p.
_b: illus.
_c; 25 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 493-523) and index.
505 0 _aAda, Countess of Lovelace -- The computer -- Programming -- The transistor -- The microchip -- Video games -- The Internet -- The personal computer -- Software -- Online -- The Web -- Ada forever.
520 _aWhat 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.
546 _aEnglish.
650 4 _aComputer scientists
_v--Biography
650 4 _aComputer science
_x-History
650 4 _aInternet
_x-History
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