Author
Walter Isaacson
2 books reviewed on Book of the Day.
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
by Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson's The Innovators traces the digital age from Ada Lovelace to the web, arguing that the computer was built less by lone geniuses than by collaborators who knew how to share a problem. A sweeping, character-driven history for anyone curious how we actually got here.
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs is the definitive, unsparing portrait of Apple's co-founder, built on dozens of interviews with the man himself. A riveting study of genius and cruelty that refuses to flatter its subject.