957 pages
English language
Published Jan. 5, 2014
The Innovators
How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (Thorndike Press large print nonfiction)
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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? 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.