Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

ISBN 10: 1451648537 / ISBN 13: 9781451648539

Editore: Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2011

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Simon & Schuster, New York. 2011. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; moisture spotting to text block top with slight warping of upper rear page tops. DJ: Fine. White boards with light gray overlay on spine with black lettering on spine. 630 pp. This work is the biography of Steve Jobs, who revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. The first to connect creativity with technology, he built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with the highest feats of engineering. His passion for perfection and ferocious drive is brought out in this book. A clean and very presentable copy.

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• Titolo: Steve Jobs
• Editore: Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1451648537
• ISBN 13: 9781451648539
• Rilegatura: No Binding
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Near Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Fine
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Biographies

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Riassunto

Walter Isaacson’s “enthralling” (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Isaacson’s portrait touched millions of readers.

At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.

Although Jobs cooperated with the author, he asked for no control over what was written. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. He himself spoke candidly about the people he worked with and competed against.

His friends, foes, and colleagues offer an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.

His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.

Steve Jobs is the inspiration for the movie of the same name starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels, directed by Danny Boyle with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin.

Informazioni sull?autore

Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.