Dealers of Lightning
Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Age
$44.40
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
5 April 2000
Summary
In the bestselling tradition of The Soul of a New Machine, Dealers of Lightning is a fascinating journey of intellectual creation. In the 1970s and ‘80s, Xerox Corporation brought together a brain-trust of engineering geniuses, a group of computer eccentrics dubbed PARC. This brilliant group created several monumental innovations that triggered a technological revolution, including the first personal computer, the laser printer, and the graphical interface (one of the main p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780887309892 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0887309895 |
| Author: | Michael A. Hiltzik |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | Harper Business |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 5 April 2000 |
| Weight: | 422g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 137mm x 204mm |
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Critics Review
“Read this book. A treat for anyone with even a passing interest in the origins of today’s siliconized culture.”–“Business Week
Michael A. Hiltzik
Michael A. Hiltzik is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Los Angeles Times. In 2004 he won a Gerald Loeb Award, the highest honor in American financial journalism. Hiltzik is the author of Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Age and A Death in Kenya. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two sons.
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