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The Innovators

How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
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michaelfwood
Jul 05, 2021michaelfwood rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Informative, delightful and well documented. In short, superb.
Mar 25, 2021KRDLbros rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I found this interesting reading during COVID quarantine with his emphasis on how the collaborative nature and the mixture of the different personalities helped in driving the digital revolution forward. It makes me wonder if there will…
Aug 13, 2020supernova_reader rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing read, I kept picking it up despite lots of schoolwork and a hectic life doing it's best to get in the way. Isaacson tells the stories of some people you've heard of and more people you'll be glad to know about once you've read the…
Jul 29, 2018kwsmith rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Despite the grand title, this lengthy book is primarily a detailed history of the development of modern computers. The book covers the early years with Charles Babbage, the frantic race to assemble Eniac during the war years, Bell labs and…
Apr 09, 2018cdbeaubien rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
May 2015: Interesting book about development of computers. Worth reading again.
Nov 20, 2016Hailcheese rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A very entertaining book, and a great read, except for a little in the middle. I didn't have a very comprehensive history of the topic before reading, and this book was helpful in providing that.
Jan 06, 2016rpavlacic rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A quite comprehensive review of the history of computing, from Ada Lovelace's 19th century musings about artificial intelligence to the creation of Watson; and pretty much everything in between including the inventions of the transistor…
Oct 29, 2015bakleist rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A good, thorough history of computing. Isaacson likes looking at the reason some technologies failed while others were quickly adopted, so this is largely a book about the technology industry (including its academic and military…
morrisonist
Sep 14, 2015
do we really need a history of internet porn?
Jul 03, 2015winterwarrior99 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Fascinating study of the digital revolution. Detailed accounts of individuals and teams achieving leaps in knowledge and scientific understanding resulting in advances in technology. Many insightful behind-the-scene details of…
Jun 18, 2015SeattleSaul rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A comprehensive history of the digital age starting from 1843 with Ada Lovelace and ending with in the 21st century with the launch of Google, IBM’s Watson and the World Wide Web. As the title implies, it is about the innovators, the…
Feb 11, 2015kityojames rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The unique thing about this book is its layering of people's mini- biographies to bring out the bigger picture in the computer innovation. Countless contributions, numerous breakthroughs and a variety of achievements from the academics to…
Ham625
Jan 10, 2015Ham625 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A book well worth reading about the history of the computer and many of the players who worked on and developed the current product. I found the beginning and ending with Ada Countess of Lovelace particularly fascinating.
Dec 06, 2014sandraperkins rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is a fascinating history of the many people who contributed to the development of the computer, the personal computer, and the internet. The stories of collaboration and advances (and missed opportunities) are pretty amazing. …
Nov 18, 2014
Read about the birth and continued innovations that gave birth to the digital age. Isaacson takes us through the quirky path paved by romantics, dreamers, and friends getting together to talk, where ideas loomed and became reality. Steve…
Oct 16, 2014StarGladiator rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I'm just glad this author did not claim that Bill Gates invented the Internet! I am not surprised that Isaacson is the CEO of that sleazefest, the Aspen Institute. This guy really writes like he's doing an advert for Fortune Magazine,…