| | 23,576 (24,112) | 594 | 776 |  (4.11) | 22 | 0 | Walter Isaacson was born on May 20, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received a B. A. in history and literature from Harvard College. He then attended the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar at Pembroke College and read philosophy, politics, and economics. He began his career in journalism at The Sunday Times of London and then the New Orleans Times-Picayune/States-Item. He joined TIME in 1978 and served as a political correspondent, national editor and editor of new media before becoming the magazine's editor in 1996. He became Chairman and CEO of CNN in 2001, and then president and CEO of the Aspen Institute in 2003. He has written numerous books including American Sketches, Einstein: His Life and Universe, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Kissinger: A Biography, Steve Jobs, and The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. He is the co-author, with Evan Thomas, of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Steve Jobs … (more) |
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Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The innovators is Walter Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. 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?
In his masterly saga, Isaacson begins with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s. He 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. This is the story of how their minds worked and what made them so inventive. It's also a narrative of how their ability to collaborate and master the art of teamwork made them even more creative. For an era that seeks to foster innovation, creativity, and teamwork, The innovators shows how they happen.
About Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He lives in Washington, DC. In order to have anything signed at a BookPeople event, a copy of the event book must be purchased from BookPeople. If you purchase your book from BookPeople in advance of the event, please save your receipt and present it at the event.
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Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) WALTER ISAACSON A Chicago Council on Global Affairs Program The innovators: How a Group of Hackers Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution The author of the blockbuster Steve Jobs biography speaks about his new book, the story of the people who created the computer and the Internet—destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and guide to how innovation really happens.
Location: Street: The Fairmont Chicago Additional: 200 North Columbus Drive City: Chicago, Province: Illinois Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Walter Isaacson - THE INNOVATORS Please join us when New York Times bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes to the uptown JCC to present The innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Age, Monday, December 1, 2014, 7:00 PM. Octavia Books will have The innovators for sale in the store and at the event where your purchase will help support cultural programs at the JCC. To reserve a signed copy, please click here or call us during store hours at 504-899-READ. Walter Isaacson will sign books immediately following the lecture.
Isaacson provides a sweeping and scintillating narrative of the inventors, engineers and entrepreneurs who have given the world computers and the Internet. . . . a near-perfect marriage of author and subject . . . an informative and accessible account of the translation of computers, programming, transistors, micro-processors, the Internet, software, PCs, the World Wide Web and search engines from idea into reality. . . . a masterful book.” — San Francisco Chronicle
Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens.
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?
In his masterly saga, Isaacson begins with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron’s daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s. He 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.
This is the story of how their minds worked and what made them so inventive. It’s also a narrative of how their ability to collaborate and master the art of teamwork made them even more creative.
For an era that seeks to foster innovation, creativity, and teamwork, The innovators shows how they happen.
Walter Isaacson is CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. A native New Orleanian, he lives in Washington, DC.
Location: Street: Jewish Community Center - 5342 St. Charles Avenue Additional: (Parking available next door in the De La Salle parking lot on Leontine St.) City: New Orleans, Province: Louisiana Postal Code: 70115 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Walter Isaacson Walter Isaacson Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He lives in Washington, DC. (added from Simon & Schuster) Free Library of Philadelphia - Walter Isaacson - The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution The innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Walter Isaacson Bestselling biographer Walter Isaacson’s portrait of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, released just weeks after the tech guru’s death, became an international bestseller and broke all records for sales of a biography. Isaacson has also penned “energetic, entertaining, and worldly” (The New Yorker) bios of Benjamin Franklin, Henry Kissinger, and Albert Einstein. The president and CEO of the Aspen Institute for educational and policy studies, he has also served as the chairman of CNN, managing editor of Time magazine, and chairman emeritus of Teach for America. The innovators is the revealing, century-spanning saga of the people who created the computer and the Internet. Limit 2 tickets per person Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a TICKETED event; $15 General Admission, $7 Students. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here
Location: Street: Free Library of Philadelphia Additional: 1901 Vine Street City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19103-5207 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) CANCELLED!! Vroman’s Bookstore presents Walter Isaacson presenting and signing Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The innovators is Walter Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. 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?
In his masterly saga, Isaacson begins with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s. He 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. This is the story of how their minds worked and what made them so inventive. It's also a narrative of how their ability to collaborate and master the art of teamwork made them even more creative. For an era that seeks to foster innovation, creativity, and teamwork, The innovators shows how they happen. (Simon and Schuster) THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED! THERE IS NO PLAN TO RESCHEDULE AT THIS TIME.
Location: Street: 695 E. Colorado City: Pasadena, Province: California Postal Code: 91101 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)WALTER ISAACSON in conversation with CHM's JOHN HOLLAR CHM presents Walter Isaacson in conversation with CHM's John Hollar Tuesday, October 14, 6:00 p.m. The innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Computer History Museum, 1401 Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View
Following his biography of Steve Jobs, award-winning author Walter Isaacson became fascinated with other compelling stories of the men and women who have led the global revolution of the Information Age. The innovators is his revealing account of the revolutionaries who created the computer and the Internet, yet it begins in Victorian England. It is destined to be a standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens.
Isaacson asks: What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs—but not others—to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail?
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Location: Street: Computer History Museum Additional: 1401 Shoreline Blvd. City: Mountain View, Province: California Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) "Brown Bag It" Book Club
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