- Title information : Innovators
- Format: Paperback| 560 Pages
- Dimensions (H x W x L) : 198 x 130 x mm
- Shipping Wtg: 0.36 Kg
- Language : ENGLISH
- ISBN10 :1471138801
- ISBN13 :9781471138805
- Author : Walter Isaacson
- Product Format : BC
- Publisher : Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Country of publication : United Kingdom
- Book Main Category: : Biography: science, technology and medicine
- Brief description following his blockbuster biography of steve jobs the innovatorsis walter isaacson s story of the people who created the computer and the internet it is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and a guide to how innovation really works br br what talents allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their disruptive ideas into realities what led to their creative leaps why did some succeed and others fail br br in his exciting saga isaacson begins with ada lovelace lord byron s daughter who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s he then explores the fascinating personalities that created 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 br br this is the story of how their minds worked and what made them so creative it s also a narrative of how their ability to collaborate and master the art of teamwork made them even more creative br br for an era that seeks to foster innovation creativity and teamwork this book shows how they actually happen
