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Indlæser... The Soul of a New Machine (original 1981; udgave 1981)af Tracy Kidder (Forfatter)
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"The Soul of a New Machine is first of all a good story, but beyond the narrative, or rather woven into it, is the computer itself, described physically, mechanically and conceptually. The descriptive passages will not ''explain'' computers to the average reader (at least they did not significantly increase my own very superficial knowledge), but they give a feeling, a flavor, that adds to one's understanding - as broadly, or even poetically, defined." this is from a retrospective review of the book, nearly twenty years after its publication. December, 2000 "More than a simple catalog of events or stale corporate history, Soul lays bare the life of the modern engineer - the egghead toiling and tinkering in the basement, forsaking a social life for a technical one." Indeholder elevguideHæderspriserDistinctionsNotable Lists
Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry. Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations. The Soul of a New Machine is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the twentieth century. "Fascinating...A surprisingly gripping account of people at work." --Wall Street Journal No library descriptions found. |
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Indeholder "A good man in a storm", "1: How to make a lot of money", "2: The wars", "3: Building a team", "4: Wallach's golden moment", "5: Midnight programmer", "6: Flying upside down", "7: La machine", "8: The wonderful micromachines", "9: A workshop", "10: The case of the missing nand gate", "11: Shorter than a season", "12: Pinball", "13: Going to the fair", "14: The last crunch", "15: Canards", "16: Dinosaurs", "Epilogue", "Acknowledgments".
Historien om et team, der laver en ny computer til Data General. En Tom West skildres som lidt superman-agtig kaptajn i en storm på en sejlbåd. Og sådan er han når han holder ferie. ( )