The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

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The Innovators by Walter Isaacson looks at the different eras in the history of computing, from Ada Lovelace, looms to transistors and microchips to the development of the web. It's a fun read with emphasis on both the technology and the people behind it.

I finished this one a couple months ago, highly recommended! After I started his Einstein biography in college, I missed several classes after getting caught up in it and losing track of time.

The innovators by Walter Isaacson. He did Steve jobs bio, Ben Franklin bio, Leonardo davinchi bio, but this is my favorite since it's basically 30 biographies in one.

I'm still working thru "The Innovators"! and so far it has been a delight. One of the main points of the book was the importance of teamwork. It's a great take on the idea that in the shadow of great figures, like Steve Jobs and IBM, lie hundreds of lesser known innovators.

Haven't read them, but they are on my to-do-list: "Turing's Cathedral" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/25/turings-cathed... (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/25/turings-cathedral-george-dyson-review) "The Innovators" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innovators_%28book%29

The Innovators by Walter Isaacson is your book

I will recommend The Innovators a 1000 times

The Innovaters by Walter Issacson. It's literally about 20 biographies in one book, documenting the internet creation, and the computer, which meet in the middle in the 80s and 90s. I can't recommended it enough of you are looking for stories of people and companies to how we got to where we are today.

I've read 33 books so I'm not going to publish the list here, but i blogged about it: http://blog.habrador.com/2015/12/books-ive-read-in-2015.html The books I liked the most were: - The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why - On Intelligence - The Martian - The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution - Einstein: His Life and Universe - Alan Turing: The Enigma - Neuroscience for Dummies - Thunder Run - (which is about the battle of Baghdad in 2003)