![]() ![]() As far as I know, this is a factual recreation of men and the turmoils they faced in 1950s to the 1980s. No, this is a book for someone who is looking for a read that has imperfect characters to match this imperfect world. :)įirst of all this is a book that is not for a person seeking a fictitious storyline that has perfect characters within. Though it doesn't cover exactly the same material, please read the Isaacson book instead. ![]() it would rush through in an exhilarating rush." "., a numerical trait established early on by some random math hacker." Surely we're not calling Leonardo of Pisa ("Fibonacci"), the medieval mathematician about whom fairly little is known, a "random math hacker" are we? Incorrect and otherwise cringe-worthy snippets like this abound. I checked the written text to make sure that these were not themselves quotes, but were in fact the author's own words. ![]() ![]() Someone who knows that the emphasis does not always belong on the last noun phrase of the sentence.īelow are two quotes from this book. Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Mike Chamberlain? No, The Innovators by Walter Isaacson is a fantastic contribution in this space, though it focuses more on the hardware. Has Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution turned you off from other books in this genre? ![]()
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