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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316491977
ISBN-139780316491976
eBay Product ID (ePID)1645852
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSoul of a New Machine
SubjectIndustries / Computers & Information Technology, History, Electronics / Digital, Corporate & Business History
Publication Year2000
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaComputers, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics
AuthorTracy Kidder
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight9.8 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal621.382/2/0285416
SynopsisTracy Kidder's "riveting" ( Washington Post ) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry. Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations. The Soul of a New Machine is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the twentieth century. "Fascinating...A surprisingly gripping account of people at work." -- Wall Street Journal