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The innovators : how a group of inventors, hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution / Walter Isaacson.

by Isaacson, Walter.

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Simon & Schuster, c2014.

Computer scientists -- Biography.

Computer science -- History.

Internet -- History.

Technological innovations -- Case studies.

Hackers -- History.

Geeks (Computer enthusiasts) -- Biography.

9781476708690 (hc.)

147670869X (hc.)

First Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.

viii, 542 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-523) and index.

"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? 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."--Provided by publisher.

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