The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

The computer and the internet are among the most important innovations of our era, but few people know who created them They were not conjured up in a garret or garage by solo inventors suitable to be singled out on magazine covers or put into a pantheon with Edison, Bell, and Morse Instead, most of the innovations of the digital age were done collaboratively There were a lot of fascinating people involved, some ingenious and a few even geniuses This is the story of these pioneers, hackers, inventors, and entrepreneurs who they were, how their minds worked, and what made them so creative It s also a narrative of how they collaborated and why their ability to work as teams made them even creative. New Download [ The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution ] author [ Walter Isaacson ] – kino-fada.fr I feel bad that I joked about this book in my review of Ninth House and made it seem like a boring read all about how transistors are made It seemed funny at the time, but it was entirely misleading This book was not boring at all In fact, I would say some chapters were difficult to put down The Innovators is NOT a comprehensive history of all computer and Internet related technology I feel the need to stress that now It takes a very specific route from Charles Babbage to Google, by way I feel bad that I joked about this book in my review of Ninth House and made it seem like a boring read all about how transistors are made It seemed funny at the time, but it was entirely misleading This book was not boring at all In fact, I would say some chapters were difficult to put down The Innovators is NOT a comprehensive history of all computer and Internet related technology I feel the need to stress that now It takes a very specific route from Charles Babbage to Google, by way of Turing, Hopper and Berners Lee a route which is about showing the major players in America s journey to the Digital Age It is very easy to read it and think Wait What about so and so and whatshername and Ohmygod, it s all about freaking America It s limited, is what I m trying to say, and Isaacson is pretty open about that from the beginning He knows he d need a good 10,0...Note added 23 Feb 2017 This seems to have a lot of likes, but I want to make sure that people understand that my perspective is a bit specialized The book is lively and very interesting If you want to read a provocative and detailed story of innovation, this is a great choice I think the full story re...I loved Isaacson s Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs biographies I really, really wanted to love this one In a sense, this book is at least a four star book because Isaacson wants to prove a point and he succeeds no one person invented the computer or the Internet, that the digital revolution is one person building on and with the backs of others However, it is that success that made this book not as enjoyable for me because Isaacson is profiling so many people, several each chapter, that I loved Isaacson s Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs biographies I really, really wanted to love this one I...A masterful tour of the creative people behind the development of computers and the digital revolution using a frame that probes the relative contributions of teamwork vs individual genius As I continually benefitted the ever increasing capabilities of computers from the 70s onward for my former science career and I enjoyed Isaacson s biography of Ben Franklin, I figured I couldn t lose Plus friends praise his skills in the history of science as revealed in his books on Einstein and Steve A masterful tour of the creative people behind the development of computers and the digital revolution using a frame that probes the relative contributions of teamwork vs individual genius As I continually benefitted the ever increasing capabilities of computers from the 70s onward for my former science career and I enjoyed Isaacson s biography of Ben Franklin, I figured I couldn t lose Plus friends praise his skills in the history of science as revealed in his books on Einstein and Steve Jobs I wasn t disappointed, given that he inevitably had to focus on highlights and distillations to cover his intended ...2nd read 10.8.2016 10.13.2016Rereading this book was just slightly less entertaining than the first time through I loved hearing the stories of collaboration, outright copying, business machinations and cool combinations of art and technology I really like the whole Shockley, Noyce, transistor, microchip era And then the section on the early homebrew groups contending ideologically with Gates and Jobs is good too Isaacson s overt theses are that collaboration, not isolated geniuses account 2nd read 10.8.2016 10.13.2016Rereading this book was just slightly less entertaining than the first time through I loved hearing the stories of collaboration, outright copying, business machinations and cool combinations of art and technology I really like the whole Shockley, Noyce, transistor, microchip era And then the section on the early homebrew groups contending ideologically with Gates and Jobs is good too Isaacson ...In his latest book, Isaacson offers the reader an insightful look into the world of technology and the numerous people whose insights and innovative ideas have changed the world in which we live While not the biography of any one person, Isaacson personifies technology and offers stories related to its branches, from the early speculative ideas of Ada Loveless around a mechanical calculating device through to the dawn of Wikipedia and mass user self editing Isaacson travels through time, In his latest book, Isaacson offers the reader an insightful look into the world of technology and the numerous people whose insights and innovative ideas have changed the world in which we live While not the biography of any one person, Isaacson personifies technology and offers stories related to its ...The basic premise of this book, is that innovators and inventors do not create new concepts solo They are almost always collaborators But, there is not a surplus of collaboration described in this book This was a fun, entertaining book to read In the beginning of the book, the innovators were described in detail, in historical order But, as the chronology approached the present day, less and less space was devoted to individual innovators, andto the innovations I really enjoyed an The basic premise of this book, is that innovators and inventors do not create new concepts solo They are almost always collaborators But, there is not a surplus of collaboration described in this book This was a fun, entertaining book to read In the beginning of the book, the innovators were described in detail, in historical order But, as the chronology approached the present day, less and less space was devoted to individual innovators, andto the innovations I rea...This book is going to be huge since it functions not only as a history of the computer and the internet but as a treatise on innovation and collaboration I can imagine that it will be required reading for all kinds of people working in all varieties of business Unlike his bio of Steve Jobs, which was important as immediate history but was also understandably rushed, Isaacson s new book reads li...Atlantean Shoulders, Fit to Bear, John MiltonThis is a grand and gratifying overview of the innovators who have played a major role in forging today s dynamic technology and our high tech society, with its main focus on the last 80 or so years.Walter Isaacson, who has written bios of Jobs and Einstein, has the brilliant ability to research, comprehend and assimilate all this intriguing and highly complex information and transform it into an inquisitive and fascinating look at our technological Atlantean Shoulders, Fit to Bear, John MiltonThis is a grand and gratifying overview of the innovators who have played a major role in forging today s dynamic technology and our high tech society, with its main focus on the last 80 or so years.Walter Isaacson, who has written bios of Jobs and Einstein, has the brilliant ability to research, comprehend and assimilate all this intriguing and highly complex information and transform it into an inquisitive and fascinating look at our technological Innovator...4.2 StarsReaders can infer a number of salient points from this excellent history of digital innovation, but the main takeaway for me was this innovative ideas are like digestive systems nothing comes from them unless they get a big push from an asshole.Okay, so, the author would probably suggest that his REAL overarching theme is that innovation is driven not by lone geniuses, but by collaborative teams that provide an ideal mix of vision, engineering, and execution, but hey that doesn t mean 4.2 StarsReaders can infer a number of salient points from this excellent history of digital innovation, but the main takeaway for me was this innovative ideas are like digestive systems nothing comes from them unless they get a big push from an asshole.Okay, so, the author would probably suggest that his REAL overarching theme is that innovation is driven not by lone geniuses, b...

• English
• 19 April 2018
Walter Isaacson
• Hardcover
• 542 pages
• 147670869X
• Walter Isaacson
• The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution