The Innovators

Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and of Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and daughter.

出版者:Simon & Schuster

作者:[美] 沃尔特·艾萨克森

页数:560

出版时间:2014-10-7

价格:USD 35.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781476708690

图书标签:传记商业科学史创业Internet英文原版人物history

Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens.

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?

In his masterly saga, 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.

For an era that seeks to foster innovation, creativity, and teamwork, The Innovators shows how they happen.

读后感

最后，我发现数字时代的真正创新都是来自那些能够将人文和科学联系在一起的人，这点让我感到十分意外。他们信奉美感的重要性。“小时候我一直都觉得自己是个适合读文科的人，但我喜欢电子设备。”这是乔布斯在我着手筹备他的传记时对我说的一番话，“后来我读到我的偶像，宝丽...  

这本书最大的特点在于它的结构，最终也赢在了这种结构。作为一部关于信息技术的史书，其实可以选择的构建范式是有限的，无非是编年体，或者是纪传体，但是作者偏偏不肯就范，充分发挥了自己作为一名成功传记作家的功力，硬生生闯出来一条新路，让自己脚踏两只船，像一只轻盈的...  

首先，也是最重要的，创造力是一个合作的过程。 这本书也许会激励每位读者都力争成为一个创新者——寻找到自己的乐趣，并且投身于其中，并为此而度过有意义的一生。或者这也是一种诗意的人生。 古往今来，无数事实说明，在集体面前，个人永远是渺小的。越是高精尖的技术，越是...  

在读了爱因斯坦传和乔布斯传后，对这两本书的共同作者沃尔特 爱萨克森产生了不错的印象，虽然比起自己最爱的传记作家-茨威格的文采差了些，但却严谨了不少，茨威格的传记作品偏好浪漫主义色彩，喜爱用华丽的文采勾画英雄举世无双的一面。而沃尔特的则是面向科技界，因此有了科...  

用户评价

有闲阶层、诗人、数学家、工程师、骇客/嬉皮士、商人。王安、李彦宏。human/machine symbiosis vs artificial intelligence

还行。

一部讲述个人电脑和互联网起源的书。个人电脑和互联网的起源主要体现了三种创新方式，由政府资助的科研项目，私有企业的创新，和开源社区的创新。三种创新方式的相辅相成，正是导致今日互联网生机无限的源泉。

一部讲述个人电脑和互联网起源的书。个人电脑和互联网的起源主要体现了三种创新方式，由政府资助的科研项目，私有企业的创新，和开源社区的创新。三种创新方式的相辅相成，正是导致今日互联网生机无限的源泉。

好书。这么少人在读。。。果然豆瓣不是攻城狮的地盘。