From The Author Of The Bestselling Biographies Of Benjamin Franklin And Albert Einstein, This Is The Exclusive Biography Of Steve Jobs. Based On More Than Forty Interviews With Jobs Conducted Over Two Years--as Well As Interviews With More Than A Hundred Family Members, Friends, Adversaries, Competitors, And Colleagues--walter Isaacson Has Written A Riveting Story Of The Roller-coaster Life And Searingly Intense Personality Of A Creative Entrepreneur Whose Passion For Perfection And Ferocious Drive Revolutionized Six Industries: Personal Computers, Animated Movies, Music, Phones, Tablet Computing, And Digital Publishing. At A Time When America Is Seeking Ways To Sustain Its Innovative Edge, And When Societies Around The World Are Trying To Build Digital-age Economies, Jobs Stands As The Ultimate Icon Of Inventiveness And Applied Imagination. He Knew That The Best Way To Create Value In The Twenty-first Century Was To Connect Creativity With Technology. He Built A Company Where Leaps Of The Imagination Were Combined With Remarkable Feats Of Engineering. Although Jobs Cooperated With This Book, He Asked For No Control Over What Was Written Nor Even The Right To Read It Before It Was Published. He Put Nothing Off-limits. He Encouraged The People He Knew To Speak Honestly. And Jobs Speaks Candidly, Sometimes Brutally So, About The People He Worked With And Competed Against. His Friends, Foes, And Colleagues Provide An Unvarnished View Of The Passions, Perfectionism, Obsessions, Artistry, Devilry, And Compulsion For Control That Shaped His Approach To Business And The Innovative Products That Resulted. Driven By Demons, Jobs Could Drive Those Around Him To Fury And Despair. But His Personality And Products Were Interrelated, Just As Apple's Hardware And Software Tended To Be, As If Part Of An Integrated System. His Tale Is Instructive And Cautionary, Filled With Lessons About Innovation, Character, Leadership, And Values-- Childhood : Abandoned And Chosen -- Odd Couple : The Two Steves -- The Dropout: Turn On, Tune In -- Atari And India : Zen And The Art Of Game Design -- The Apple I : Turn On, Boot Up, Jack In -- The Apple Ii : Dawn Of A New Age -- Chrisann And Lisa : He Who Is Abandoned -- Xerox And Lisa : Graphical User Interfaces -- Going Public : A Man Of Wealth And Fame -- The Mac Is Born : You Say You Want A Revolution -- The Reality Distortion Field : Playing By His Own Set Of Rules -- The Design : Real Artists Simplify -- Building The Mac : The Journey Is The Reward -- Enter Sculley : The Pepsi Challenge -- The Launch : A Dent In The Universe -- Gates And Jobs : When Orbits Intersect -- Icarus : What Goes Up -- Next : Prometheus Unbound -- Pixar : Technology Meets Art -- A Regular Guy : Love Is Just A Four-letter Word -- Family Man : At Home With The Jobs Clan. Toy Story : Buzz And Woody To The Rescue -- The Second Coming : What Rough Beast, Its Hour Come Round At Last -- The Restoration : The Loser Now Will Be Later To Win -- Think Different : Jobs As Iceo -- Design Principles : The Studio Of Jobs And Ive -- The Imac : Hello (again) -- Ceo : Still Crazy After All These Years -- Apple Stores : Genius Bars And Siena Sandstone -- The Digital Hub : From Itunes To The Ipod -- The Itunes Store : I'm The Pied Piper -- Music Man : The Sound Track Of His Life -- Pixar's Friends : ... And Foes -- Twenty-first-century Macs : Setting Apple Apart -- Round One : Memento Mori -- The Iphone : Three Revolutionary Products In One -- Round Two : The Cancer Recurs -- The Ipad : Into The Post-pc Era -- New Battles : And Echoes Of Old Ones -- To Infinity : The Cloud, The Spaceship, And Beyond -- Round Three : The Twilight Struggle -- Legacy : The Brightest Heaven Of Invention. Walter Isaacson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 576-598) And Index.

From The Author Of The Bestselling Biographies Of Benjamin Franklin And Albert Einstein, This Is The Exclusive Biography Of Steve Jobs. Based On More Than Forty Interviews With Jobs Conducted Over Two Years--as Well As Interviews With More Than A Hundred Family Members, Friends, Adversaries, Competitors, And Colleagues--walter Isaacson Has Written A Riveting Story Of The Roller-coaster Life And Searingly Intense Personality Of A Creative Entrepreneur Whose Passion For Perfection And Ferocious Drive Revolutionized Six Industries: Personal Computers, Animated Movies, Music, Phones, Tablet Computing, And Digital Publishing. At A Time When America Is Seeking Ways To Sustain Its Innovative Edge, And When Societies Around The World Are Trying To Build Digital-age Economies, Jobs Stands As The Ultimate Icon Of Inventiveness And Applied Imagination. He Knew That The Best Way To Create Value In The Twenty-first Century Was To Connect Creativity With Technology. He Built A Company Where Leaps Of The Imagination Were Combined With Remarkable Feats Of Engineering. Although Jobs Cooperated With This Book, He Asked For No Control Over What Was Written Nor Even The Right To Read It Before It Was Published. He Put Nothing Off-limits. He Encouraged The People He Knew To Speak Honestly. And Jobs Speaks Candidly, Sometimes Brutally So, About The People He Worked With And Competed Against. His Friends, Foes, And Colleagues Provide An Unvarnished View Of The Passions, Perfectionism, Obsessions, Artistry, Devilry, And Compulsion For Control That Shaped His Approach To Business And The Innovative Products That Resulted. Driven By Demons, Jobs Could Drive Those Around Him To Fury And Despair. But His Personality And Products Were Interrelated, Just As Apple's Hardware And Software Tended To Be, As If Part Of An Integrated System. His Tale Is Instructive And Cautionary, Filled With Lessons About Innovation, Character, Leadership, And Values-- Childhood : Abandoned And Chosen -- Odd Couple : The Two Steves -- The Dropout: Turn On, Tune In -- Atari And India : Zen And The Art Of Game Design -- The Apple I : Turn On, Boot Up, Jack In -- The Apple Ii : Dawn Of A New Age -- Chrisann And Lisa : He Who Is Abandoned -- Xerox And Lisa : Graphical User Interfaces -- Going Public : A Man Of Wealth And Fame -- The Mac Is Born : You Say You Want A Revolution -- The Reality Distortion Field : Playing By His Own Set Of Rules -- The Design : Real Artists Simplify -- Building The Mac : The Journey Is The Reward -- Enter Sculley : The Pepsi Challenge -- The Launch : A Dent In The Universe -- Gates And Jobs : When Orbits Intersect -- Icarus : What Goes Up -- Next : Prometheus Unbound -- Pixar : Technology Meets Art -- A Regular Guy : Love Is Just A Four-letter Word -- Family Man : At Home With The Jobs Clan. Toy Story : Buzz And Woody To The Rescue -- The Second Coming : What Rough Beast, Its Hour Come Round At Last -- The Restoration : The Loser Now Will Be Later To Win -- Think Different : Jobs As Iceo -- Design Principles : The Studio Of Jobs And Ive -- The Imac : Hello (again) -- Ceo : Still Crazy After All These Years -- Apple Stores : Genius Bars And Siena Sandstone -- The Digital Hub : From Itunes To The Ipod -- The Itunes Store : I'm The Pied Piper -- Music Man : The Sound Track Of His Life -- Pixar's Friends : ... And Foes -- Twenty-first-century Macs : Setting Apple Apart -- Round One : Memento Mori -- The Iphone : Three Revolutionary Products In One -- Round Two : The Cancer Recurs -- The Ipad : Into The Post-pc Era -- New Battles : And Echoes Of Old Ones -- To Infinity : The Cloud, The Spaceship, And Beyond -- Round Three : The Twilight Struggle -- Legacy : The Brightest Heaven Of Invention. Walter Isaacson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 576-598) And Index.

From The Author Of The Bestselling Biographies Of Benjamin Franklin And Albert Einstein, This Is The Exclusive Biography Of Steve Jobs. Based On More Than Forty Interviews With Jobs Conducted Over Two Years--as Well As Interviews With More Than A Hundred Family Members, Friends, Adversaries, Competitors, And Colleagues--walter Isaacson Has Written A Riveting Story Of The Roller-coaster Life And Searingly Intense Personality Of A Creative Entrepreneur Whose Passion For Perfection And Ferocious Drive Revolutionized Six Industries: Personal Computers, Animated Movies, Music, Phones, Tablet Computing, And Digital Publishing. At A Time When America Is Seeking Ways To Sustain Its Innovative Edge, And When Societies Around The World Are Trying To Build Digital-age Economies, Jobs Stands As The Ultimate Icon Of Inventiveness And Applied Imagination. He Knew That The Best Way To Create Value In The Twenty-first Century Was To Connect Creativity With Technology. He Built A Company Where Leaps Of The Imagination Were Combined With Remarkable Feats Of Engineering. Although Jobs Cooperated With This Book, He Asked For No Control Over What Was Written Nor Even The Right To Read It Before It Was Published. He Put Nothing Off-limits. He Encouraged The People He Knew To Speak Honestly. And Jobs Speaks Candidly, Sometimes Brutally So, About The People He Worked With And Competed Against. His Friends, Foes, And Colleagues Provide An Unvarnished View Of The Passions, Perfectionism, Obsessions, Artistry, Devilry, And Compulsion For Control That Shaped His Approach To Business And The Innovative Products That Resulted. Driven By Demons, Jobs Could Drive Those Around Him To Fury And Despair. But His Personality And Products Were Interrelated, Just As Apple's Hardware And Software Tended To Be, As If Part Of An Integrated System. His Tale Is Instructive And Cautionary, Filled With Lessons About Innovation, Character, Leadership, And Values-- Childhood : Abandoned And Chosen -- Odd Couple : The Two Steves -- The Dropout: Turn On, Tune In -- Atari And India : Zen And The Art Of Game Design -- The Apple I : Turn On, Boot Up, Jack In -- The Apple Ii : Dawn Of A New Age -- Chrisann And Lisa : He Who Is Abandoned -- Xerox And Lisa : Graphical User Interfaces -- Going Public : A Man Of Wealth And Fame -- The Mac Is Born : You Say You Want A Revolution -- The Reality Distortion Field : Playing By His Own Set Of Rules -- The Design : Real Artists Simplify -- Building The Mac : The Journey Is The Reward -- Enter Sculley : The Pepsi Challenge -- The Launch : A Dent In The Universe -- Gates And Jobs : When Orbits Intersect -- Icarus : What Goes Up -- Next : Prometheus Unbound -- Pixar : Technology Meets Art -- A Regular Guy : Love Is Just A Four-letter Word -- Family Man : At Home With The Jobs Clan. Toy Story : Buzz And Woody To The Rescue -- The Second Coming : What Rough Beast, Its Hour Come Round At Last -- The Restoration : The Loser Now Will Be Later To Win -- Think Different : Jobs As Iceo -- Design Principles : The Studio Of Jobs And Ive -- The Imac : Hello (again) -- Ceo : Still Crazy After All These Years -- Apple Stores : Genius Bars And Siena Sandstone -- The Digital Hub : From Itunes To The Ipod -- The Itunes Store : I'm The Pied Piper -- Music Man : The Sound Track Of His Life -- Pixar's Friends : ... And Foes -- Twenty-first-century Macs : Setting Apple Apart -- Round One : Memento Mori -- The Iphone : Three Revolutionary Products In One -- Round Two : The Cancer Recurs -- The Ipad : Into The Post-pc Era -- New Battles : And Echoes Of Old Ones -- To Infinity : The Cloud, The Spaceship, And Beyond -- Round Three : The Twilight Struggle -- Legacy : The Brightest Heaven Of Invention. Walter Isaacson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 576-598) And Index.

From The Author Of The Bestselling Biographies Of Benjamin Franklin And Albert Einstein, This Is The Exclusive Biography Of Steve Jobs. Based On More Than Forty Interviews With Jobs Conducted Over Two Years--as Well As Interviews With More Than A Hundred Family Members, Friends, Adversaries, Competitors, And Colleagues--walter Isaacson Has Written A Riveting Story Of The Roller-coaster Life And Searingly Intense Personality Of A Creative Entrepreneur Whose Passion For Perfection And Ferocious Drive Revolutionized Six Industries: Personal Computers, Animated Movies, Music, Phones, Tablet Computing, And Digital Publishing. At A Time When America Is Seeking Ways To Sustain Its Innovative Edge, And When Societies Around The World Are Trying To Build Digital-age Economies, Jobs Stands As The Ultimate Icon Of Inventiveness And Applied Imagination. He Knew That The Best Way To Create Value In The Twenty-first Century Was To Connect Creativity With Technology. He Built A Company Where Leaps Of The Imagination Were Combined With Remarkable Feats Of Engineering. Although Jobs Cooperated With This Book, He Asked For No Control Over What Was Written Nor Even The Right To Read It Before It Was Published. He Put Nothing Off-limits. He Encouraged The People He Knew To Speak Honestly. And Jobs Speaks Candidly, Sometimes Brutally So, About The People He Worked With And Competed Against. His Friends, Foes, And Colleagues Provide An Unvarnished View Of The Passions, Perfectionism, Obsessions, Artistry, Devilry, And Compulsion For Control That Shaped His Approach To Business And The Innovative Products That Resulted. Driven By Demons, Jobs Could Drive Those Around Him To Fury And Despair. But His Personality And Products Were Interrelated, Just As Apple's Hardware And Software Tended To Be, As If Part Of An Integrated System. His Tale Is Instructive And Cautionary, Filled With Lessons About Innovation, Character, Leadership, And Values-- Childhood : Abandoned And Chosen -- Odd Couple : The Two Steves -- The Dropout: Turn On, Tune In -- Atari And India : Zen And The Art Of Game Design -- The Apple I : Turn On, Boot Up, Jack In -- The Apple Ii : Dawn Of A New Age -- Chrisann And Lisa : He Who Is Abandoned -- Xerox And Lisa : Graphical User Interfaces -- Going Public : A Man Of Wealth And Fame -- The Mac Is Born : You Say You Want A Revolution -- The Reality Distortion Field : Playing By His Own Set Of Rules -- The Design : Real Artists Simplify -- Building The Mac : The Journey Is The Reward -- Enter Sculley : The Pepsi Challenge -- The Launch : A Dent In The Universe -- Gates And Jobs : When Orbits Intersect -- Icarus : What Goes Up -- Next : Prometheus Unbound -- Pixar : Technology Meets Art -- A Regular Guy : Love Is Just A Four-letter Word -- Family Man : At Home With The Jobs Clan. Toy Story : Buzz And Woody To The Rescue -- The Second Coming : What Rough Beast, Its Hour Come Round At Last -- The Restoration : The Loser Now Will Be Later To Win -- Think Different : Jobs As Iceo -- Design Principles : The Studio Of Jobs And Ive -- The Imac : Hello (again) -- Ceo : Still Crazy After All These Years -- Apple Stores : Genius Bars And Siena Sandstone -- The Digital Hub : From Itunes To The Ipod -- The Itunes Store : I'm The Pied Piper -- Music Man : The Sound Track Of His Life -- Pixar's Friends : ... And Foes -- Twenty-first-century Macs : Setting Apple Apart -- Round One : Memento Mori -- The Iphone : Three Revolutionary Products In One -- Round Two : The Cancer Recurs -- The Ipad : Into The Post-pc Era -- New Battles : And Echoes Of Old Ones -- To Infinity : The Cloud, The Spaceship, And Beyond -- Round Three : The Twilight Struggle -- Legacy : The Brightest Heaven Of Invention. Walter Isaacson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 576-598) And Index.

Walter Isaacson's "enthralling" ( The New Yorker ) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in 21st century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with the author, he asked for no control over what was written. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple's hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. Steve Jobs is the inspiration for the movie of the same name starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels, directed by Danny Boyle with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin.

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "Isaacson gives the Steve Jobs fairy tale a swift, full, and less than utterly flattering airing in a book that Jobs authorized himself and from whose stark white and black Apple-like cover he stares like a Zen digital master ... The list of acknowledged sources is a who’s who of shakers and movers, and Isaacson weaves these voices together to guide and flesh out a narrative whose lineaments are already feeling like part of our cultural DNA ... It’s great stuff, and the communicated thrill of work and invention brings Steve Jobs to life. Sometimes, as when Bono twitters on about the birth of the snazzy black U2 iPod, pages descend into drooling celeb chat. Generally, though, Isaacson sidesteps that sinkhole, and if what the reader gets feels like oral history as much as considered biographical judgment, that’s actually all to the good. The books asking whether Jobs was really a Da Vinci, or an Einstein, or a Howard Hughes or Citizen Kane are doubtless already trundling down the pipe, but this one will always feel necessary. Its very unmediated quality turns it almost into original source." - Richard Raymer, The Los Angeles

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "Isaacson gives the Steve Jobs fairy tale a swift, full, and less than utterly flattering airing in a book that Jobs authorized himself and from whose stark white and black Apple-like cover he stares like a Zen digital master ... The list of acknowledged sources is a who’s who of shakers and movers, and Isaacson weaves these voices together to guide and flesh out a narrative whose lineaments are already feeling like part of our cultural DNA ... It’s great stuff, and the communicated thrill of work and invention brings Steve Jobs to life. Sometimes, as when Bono twitters on about the birth of the snazzy black U2 iPod, pages descend into drooling celeb chat. Generally, though, Isaacson sidesteps that sinkhole, and if what the reader gets feels like oral history as much as considered biographical judgment, that’s actually all to the good. The books asking whether Jobs was really a Da Vinci, or an Einstein, or a Howard Hughes or Citizen Kane are doubtless already trundling down the pipe, but this one will always feel necessary. Its very unmediated quality turns it almost into original source." - Richard Raymer, The Los Angeles

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Walter Isaacson’s “enthralling” (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Isaacson’s portrait touched millions of readers. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with the author, he asked for no control over what was written. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. He himself spoke candidly about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues offer an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. Steve Jobs is the inspiration for the movie of the same name starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels, directed by Danny Boyle with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin.

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Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "Isaacson gives the Steve Jobs fairy tale a swift, full, and less than utterly flattering airing in a book that Jobs authorized himself and from whose stark white and black Apple-like cover he stares like a Zen digital master ... The list of acknowledged sources is a who’s who of shakers and movers, and Isaacson weaves these voices together to guide and flesh out a narrative whose lineaments are already feeling like part of our cultural DNA ... It’s great stuff, and the communicated thrill of work and invention brings Steve Jobs to life. Sometimes, as when Bono twitters on about the birth of the snazzy black U2 iPod, pages descend into drooling celeb chat. Generally, though, Isaacson sidesteps that sinkhole, and if what the reader gets feels like oral history as much as considered biographical judgment, that’s actually all to the good. The books asking whether Jobs was really a Da Vinci, or an Einstein, or a Howard Hughes or Citizen Kane are doubtless already trundling down the pipe, but this one will always feel necessary. Its very unmediated quality turns it almost into original source." - Richard Raymer, The Los Angeles

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "Isaacson gives the Steve Jobs fairy tale a swift, full, and less than utterly flattering airing in a book that Jobs authorized himself and from whose stark white and black Apple-like cover he stares like a Zen digital master ... The list of acknowledged sources is a who’s who of shakers and movers, and Isaacson weaves these voices together to guide and flesh out a narrative whose lineaments are already feeling like part of our cultural DNA ... It’s great stuff, and the communicated thrill of work and invention brings Steve Jobs to life. Sometimes, as when Bono twitters on about the birth of the snazzy black U2 iPod, pages descend into drooling celeb chat. Generally, though, Isaacson sidesteps that sinkhole, and if what the reader gets feels like oral history as much as considered biographical judgment, that’s actually all to the good. The books asking whether Jobs was really a Da Vinci, or an Einstein, or a Howard Hughes or Citizen Kane are doubtless already trundling down the pipe, but this one will always feel necessary. Its very unmediated quality turns it almost into original source." - Richard Raymer, The Los Angeles

From the author of the bestselling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive, New York Times bestselling biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple’s hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.

Walter Isaacson’s “enthralling” ( The New Yorker ) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Isaacson’s portrait touched millions of readers. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with the author, he asked for no control over what was written. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. He himself spoke candidly about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues offer an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. Steve Jobs is the inspiration for the movie of the same name starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels, directed by Danny Boyle with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin.

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "Isaacson gives the Steve Jobs fairy tale a swift, full, and less than utterly flattering airing in a book that Jobs authorized himself and from whose stark white and black Apple-like cover he stares like a Zen digital master ... The list of acknowledged sources is a who’s who of shakers and movers, and Isaacson weaves these voices together to guide and flesh out a narrative whose lineaments are already feeling like part of our cultural DNA ... It’s great stuff, and the communicated thrill of work and invention brings Steve Jobs to life. Sometimes, as when Bono twitters on about the birth of the snazzy black U2 iPod, pages descend into drooling celeb chat. Generally, though, Isaacson sidesteps that sinkhole, and if what the reader gets feels like oral history as much as considered biographical judgment, that’s actually all to the good. The books asking whether Jobs was really a Da Vinci, or an Einstein, or a Howard Hughes or Citizen Kane are doubtless already trundling down the pipe, but this one will always feel necessary. Its very unmediated quality turns it almost into original source." - Richard Raymer, The Los Angeles

From The Author Of The Bestselling Biographies Of Benjamin Franklin And Albert Einstein, This Is The Exclusive Biography Of Steve Jobs. Based On More Than Forty Interviews With Jobs Conducted Over Two Years--as Well As Interviews With More Than A Hundred Family Members, Friends, Adversaries, Competitors, And Colleagues--walter Isaacson Has Written A Riveting Story Of The Roller-coaster Life And Searingly Intense Personality Of A Creative Entrepreneur Whose Passion For Perfection And Ferocious Drive Revolutionized Six Industries: Personal Computers, Animated Movies, Music, Phones, Tablet Computing, And Digital Publishing. At A Time When America Is Seeking Ways To Sustain Its Innovative Edge, And When Societies Around The World Are Trying To Build Digital-age Economies, Jobs Stands As The Ultimate Icon Of Inventiveness And Applied Imagination. He Knew That The Best Way To Create Value In The Twenty-first Century Was To Connect Creativity With Technology. He Built A Company Where Leaps Of The Imagination Were Combined With Remarkable Feats Of Engineering. Although Jobs Cooperated With This Book, He Asked For No Control Over What Was Written Nor Even The Right To Read It Before It Was Published. He Put Nothing Off-limits. He Encouraged The People He Knew To Speak Honestly. And Jobs Speaks Candidly, Sometimes Brutally So, About The People He Worked With And Competed Against. His Friends, Foes, And Colleagues Provide An Unvarnished View Of The Passions, Perfectionism, Obsessions, Artistry, Devilry, And Compulsion For Control That Shaped His Approach To Business And The Innovative Products That Resulted. Driven By Demons, Jobs Could Drive Those Around Him To Fury And Despair. But His Personality And Products Were Interrelated, Just As Apple's Hardware And Software Tended To Be, As If Part Of An Integrated System. His Tale Is Instructive And Cautionary, Filled With Lessons About Innovation, Character, Leadership, And Values-- Childhood : Abandoned And Chosen -- Odd Couple : The Two Steves -- The Dropout: Turn On, Tune In -- Atari And India : Zen And The Art Of Game Design -- The Apple I : Turn On, Boot Up, Jack In -- The Apple Ii : Dawn Of A New Age -- Chrisann And Lisa : He Who Is Abandoned -- Xerox And Lisa : Graphical User Interfaces -- Going Public : A Man Of Wealth And Fame -- The Mac Is Born : You Say You Want A Revolution -- The Reality Distortion Field : Playing By His Own Set Of Rules -- The Design : Real Artists Simplify -- Building The Mac : The Journey Is The Reward -- Enter Sculley : The Pepsi Challenge -- The Launch : A Dent In The Universe -- Gates And Jobs : When Orbits Intersect -- Icarus : What Goes Up -- Next : Prometheus Unbound -- Pixar : Technology Meets Art -- A Regular Guy : Love Is Just A Four-letter Word -- Family Man : At Home With The Jobs Clan. Toy Story : Buzz And Woody To The Rescue -- The Second Coming : What Rough Beast, Its Hour Come Round At Last -- The Restoration : The Loser Now Will Be Later To Win -- Think Different : Jobs As Iceo -- Design Principles : The Studio Of Jobs And Ive -- The Imac : Hello (again) -- Ceo : Still Crazy After All These Years -- Apple Stores : Genius Bars And Siena Sandstone -- The Digital Hub : From Itunes To The Ipod -- The Itunes Store : I'm The Pied Piper -- Music Man : The Sound Track Of His Life -- Pixar's Friends : ... And Foes -- Twenty-first-century Macs : Setting Apple Apart -- Round One : Memento Mori -- The Iphone : Three Revolutionary Products In One -- Round Two : The Cancer Recurs -- The Ipad : Into The Post-pc Era -- New Battles : And Echoes Of Old Ones -- To Infinity : The Cloud, The Spaceship, And Beyond -- Round Three : The Twilight Struggle -- Legacy : The Brightest Heaven Of Invention. Walter Isaacson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 576-598) And Index.

From The Author Of The Bestselling Biographies Of Benjamin Franklin And Albert Einstein, This Is The Exclusive Biography Of Steve Jobs. Based On More Than Forty Interviews With Jobs Conducted Over Two Years--as Well As Interviews With More Than A Hundred Family Members, Friends, Adversaries, Competitors, And Colleagues--walter Isaacson Has Written A Riveting Story Of The Roller-coaster Life And Searingly Intense Personality Of A Creative Entrepreneur Whose Passion For Perfection And Ferocious Drive Revolutionized Six Industries: Personal Computers, Animated Movies, Music, Phones, Tablet Computing, And Digital Publishing. At A Time When America Is Seeking Ways To Sustain Its Innovative Edge, And When Societies Around The World Are Trying To Build Digital-age Economies, Jobs Stands As The Ultimate Icon Of Inventiveness And Applied Imagination. He Knew That The Best Way To Create Value In The Twenty-first Century Was To Connect Creativity With Technology. He Built A Company Where Leaps Of The Imagination Were Combined With Remarkable Feats Of Engineering. Although Jobs Cooperated With This Book, He Asked For No Control Over What Was Written Nor Even The Right To Read It Before It Was Published. He Put Nothing Off-limits. He Encouraged The People He Knew To Speak Honestly. And Jobs Speaks Candidly, Sometimes Brutally So, About The People He Worked With And Competed Against. His Friends, Foes, And Colleagues Provide An Unvarnished View Of The Passions, Perfectionism, Obsessions, Artistry, Devilry, And Compulsion For Control That Shaped His Approach To Business And The Innovative Products That Resulted. Driven By Demons, Jobs Could Drive Those Around Him To Fury And Despair. But His Personality And Products Were Interrelated, Just As Apple's Hardware And Software Tended To Be, As If Part Of An Integrated System. His Tale Is Instructive And Cautionary, Filled With Lessons About Innovation, Character, Leadership, And Values-- Childhood : Abandoned And Chosen -- Odd Couple : The Two Steves -- The Dropout: Turn On, Tune In -- Atari And India : Zen And The Art Of Game Design -- The Apple I : Turn On, Boot Up, Jack In -- The Apple Ii : Dawn Of A New Age -- Chrisann And Lisa : He Who Is Abandoned -- Xerox And Lisa : Graphical User Interfaces -- Going Public : A Man Of Wealth And Fame -- The Mac Is Born : You Say You Want A Revolution -- The Reality Distortion Field : Playing By His Own Set Of Rules -- The Design : Real Artists Simplify -- Building The Mac : The Journey Is The Reward -- Enter Sculley : The Pepsi Challenge -- The Launch : A Dent In The Universe -- Gates And Jobs : When Orbits Intersect -- Icarus : What Goes Up -- Next : Prometheus Unbound -- Pixar : Technology Meets Art -- A Regular Guy : Love Is Just A Four-letter Word -- Family Man : At Home With The Jobs Clan. Toy Story : Buzz And Woody To The Rescue -- The Second Coming : What Rough Beast, Its Hour Come Round At Last -- The Restoration : The Loser Now Will Be Later To Win -- Think Different : Jobs As Iceo -- Design Principles : The Studio Of Jobs And Ive -- The Imac : Hello (again) -- Ceo : Still Crazy After All These Years -- Apple Stores : Genius Bars And Siena Sandstone -- The Digital Hub : From Itunes To The Ipod -- The Itunes Store : I'm The Pied Piper -- Music Man : The Sound Track Of His Life -- Pixar's Friends : ... And Foes -- Twenty-first-century Macs : Setting Apple Apart -- Round One : Memento Mori -- The Iphone : Three Revolutionary Products In One -- Round Two : The Cancer Recurs -- The Ipad : Into The Post-pc Era -- New Battles : And Echoes Of Old Ones -- To Infinity : The Cloud, The Spaceship, And Beyond -- Round Three : The Twilight Struggle -- Legacy : The Brightest Heaven Of Invention. Walter Isaacson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 576-598) And Index.

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "Isaacson gives the Steve Jobs fairy tale a swift, full, and less than utterly flattering airing in a book that Jobs authorized himself and from whose stark white and black Apple-like cover he stares like a Zen digital master ... The list of acknowledged sources is a who’s who of shakers and movers, and Isaacson weaves these voices together to guide and flesh out a narrative whose lineaments are already feeling like part of our cultural DNA ... It’s great stuff, and the communicated thrill of work and invention brings Steve Jobs to life. Sometimes, as when Bono twitters on about the birth of the snazzy black U2 iPod, pages descend into drooling celeb chat. Generally, though, Isaacson sidesteps that sinkhole, and if what the reader gets feels like oral history as much as considered biographical judgment, that’s actually all to the good. The books asking whether Jobs was really a Da Vinci, or an Einstein, or a Howard Hughes or Citizen Kane are doubtless already trundling down the pipe, but this one will always feel necessary. Its very unmediated quality turns it almost into original source." - Richard Raymer, The Los Angeles

From the author of the bestselling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive, New York Times bestselling biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple’s hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. Biography & Autobiography General Business Business & Economics Industries Computers & Information Technology Leadership Computers History Technology & Engineering Biography & Autobiography,General,Business,Business & Economics,Industries,Computers & Information Technology,Leadership,Computers,History,Technology & Engineering

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Product Description Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two yearsas well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleaguesWalter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against.His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apples hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. About the Author 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. ϡ쯦랠

About the Author Walter Isaacson, presidente del Instituto Aspen, ha sido presidente de la CNN y director ejecutivo de la revista Time . Es autor de Einstein, su vida y su universo , Benjamin Franklin: An American Life y Kissinger: A Biography , y es coautor, con Evan Thomas, de The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made . Vive con su esposa en Washington, D.C. Excerpt. ''© Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Posicionamiento La personalidad de Jobs se veГ­a reflejada en los productos que creaba. En la base misma de la filosofГ­a de Apple, desde el primer Macintosh de 1984 hasta el iPad, una generación después, se encontraba la integración completa del hardware y el software, y lo mismo ocurrГ­a con el propio Steve Jobs: su personalidad, sus pasiones, su perfeccionismo, sus demonios y deseos, su arte, su difГ­cil carГЎcter y su obsesión por el control se entrelazaban con su visión para los negocios y con los productos innovadores que surgГ­an de ella. La teorГ­a del campo unificado que une la personalidad de Jobs y sus productos comienza con su rasgo mГЎs destacado: su intensidad. Sus silencios podГ­an resultar tan virulentos como sus diatribas. HabГ­a aprendido por su cuenta a mirar fijamente sin pestaГ±ear. En ocasiones esta intensidad resultaba encantadora, en un sentido algo obsesivo, como cuando explicaba la profundidad de la música de Bob Dylan o por qué el producto que estaba presentando en ese momento era lo mГЎs impresionante que Apple habГ­a creado nunca. En otras ocasiones podГ­a ser aterrador, como cuando despotricaba acerca de cómo Google o Microsoft habГ­an copiado a Apple. Esta intensidad fomentaba una visión binaria del mundo. Sus compaГ±eros se referГ­an a ella como la ''«dicotomГ­a entre héroes y capullos''». PodГ­as ser una cosa o la otra, y a veces ambas a lo largo de un mismo dГ­a. Otro tanto ocurrГ­a con los productos, con las ideas e incluso con la comida. Un plato podГ­a ser ''«lo mejor que he probado nunca''» o bien una bazofia asquerosa e incomestible. Como resultado, cualquier atisbo de imperfección podГ­a dar paso a una invectiva. El acabado de una pieza metГЎlica, la curva de la cabeza de un tornillo, el tono de azul de una caja, la navegación intuitiva por una pantalla: de todos ellos solГ­a afirmar que eran ''«completamente horribles''» hasta el momento en que, de pronto, decidГ­a que eran ''«absolutamente perfectos''». Se veГ­a a sГ­ mismo como un artista, lo era, y se comportaba como tal. Su búsqueda de la perfección lo llevó a su obsesión porque Apple mantuviera un control integral de todos y cada uno de los productos que creaba. Le daban escalofrГ­os, o cosas peores, cuando veГ­a el gran software de Apple funcionando en el chapucero hardware de otra marca, y también era alérgico a la idea del contenido o las aplicaciones no autorizadas que pudieran contaminar la perfección de un aparato de Apple. Esta capacidad para integrar el hardware, el software y el contenido en un único sistema unificado le permitГ­a imponer la sencillez. El astrónomo Johannes Kepler afirmó que ''«la naturaleza adora la sencillez y la unidad''». Lo mismo le ocurrГ­a a Steve Jobs. Este instinto por los sistemas integrados lo situaba directamente en un extremo de la discusión mГЎs fundamental del mundo digital: los sistemas abiertos contra los cerrados. Los valores de los hackers que se impartГ­an en el Homebrew Computer Club favorecГ­an los sistemas abiertos, en los que el control centralizado era escaso y la gente tenГ­a libertad para modificar el hardware y el software, compartir los códigos de programación, escribir mediante estГЎndares abiertos, rechazar los sistemas de marca registrada y crear contenidos y aplicaciones compatibles con una gran variedad de dispositivos y sistemas operativos. El joven Wozniak se enmarcaba en ese campo; el Apple II que diseГ±ó se podГ­a abrir con facilidad y contaba con un montón de ranuras y puertos en los que los usuarios podГ­an conectar tantos periféricos como quisieran. Con el Macintosh, Jobs se convirtió en uno de los padres fundadores de la concepción contraria. El Macintosh era como un electrodoméstico, con el hardware y el software estrechamente interrelacionados y cerrados ante las posibles modificaciones. El código de los hackers se sacrificaba para crear una experiencia de usuario integrada y sencilla. Todo esto empujó a Jobs a decidir que el sistema operativo del Macintosh no estarГ­a a disposición del hardware de ninguna otra compaГ±Г­a. Microsoft planteó la estrategia opuesta, permitiendo que su sistema operativo Windows se licenciara con promiscuidad. Aquello no daba lugar a los ordenadores mГЎs elegantes del mundo, pero sГ­ hizo que Microsoft dominara el mundo de los sistemas operativos. Después de que la cuota de mercado de Apple se redujese a menos del 5 %, la tГЎctica de Microsoft se declaró vencedora en el campo de los ordenadores personales. A largo plazo, no obstante, el modelo de Jobs demostró que ofrecГ­a ciertas ventajas. Incluso con una cuota de mercado menor, Apple fue capaz de mantener un enorme margen de beneficios mientras otros fabricantes de ordenadores se convertГ­an en productores de bienes genéricos de consumo. En 2010, por ejemplo, Apple solo contaba con el 7 % de los beneficios del mercado de los ordenadores personales, pero se hizo con el 35 % del resultado operativo. Lo que resulta mГЎs significativo aún es que, a principios de la década de 2000, la insistencia de Jobs en conseguir una integración completa le ofreció a Apple la ventaja a la hora de desarrollar una estrategia de centro digital, que permitГ­a que el ordenador de sobremesa se conectara a la perfección con diferentes dispositivos móviles. El iPod, por ejemplo, formaba parte de un sistema cerrado y firmemente integrado. Para utilizarlo, debГ­as emplear el software iTunes de Apple y descargar el contenido de su tienda iTunes. El resultado fue que el iPod, del mismo modo que el iPhone y el iPad que vinieron después, era una elegante maravilla en comparación con los deslavazados productos de la competencia, que no ofrecГ­an una experiencia integral completa. La estrategia dio resultado. En mayo de 2000, el valor de mercado de Apple era veinte veces menor que el de Microsoft. En mayo de 2010, Apple superaba a Microsoft como la compaГ±Г­a tecnológica mГЎs valiosa, y en septiembre de 2011 su valor se encontraba un 70 % por encima del de Microsoft. En agosto se habГ­a convertido en la compaГ±Г­a mГЎs valiosa del mundo. Para entonces, la batalla habГ­a comenzado de nuevo en el mundo de los dispositivos móviles. Google adoptó la postura mГЎs abierta, y dispuso que su sistema operativo Android estuviera al alcance de cualquier fabricante de tabletas o teléfonos móviles. En 2011, su cuota en el mercado de los teléfonos móviles igualaba a la de Apple. La desventaja del carГЎcter abierto de Android era la fragmentación resultante. Varios fabricantes de móviles y tabletas modificaron Android para crear decenas de variedades y sabores, lo que dificultaba que las aplicaciones pudieran mantener su consistencia o aprovechar al mГЎximo sus caracterГ­sticas. Ambos enfoques tenГ­an sus propios méritos. Algunas personas querГ­an tener la libertad de utilizar sistemas mГЎs abiertos y contar con una mayor variedad de opciones de hardware; otras preferГ­an sin dudarlo la firme integración y el control de Apple, que daban como resultado productos con interfaces mГЎs simples, baterГ­as mГЎs duraderas, un uso mГЎs sencillo y una gestión de los contenidos mГЎs fГЎcil. La desventaja de la postura de Jobs era que su deseo de maravillar al usuario lo llevaba a resistirse a concederle ningún poder. Entre los defensores mГЎs reflexivos de los entornos abiertos se encuentra Jonathan Zittrain, de Harvard. Su libro El futuro de internet... y cómo detenerlo comienza con una escena en la que Jobs presenta el iPhone, y alerta acerca de las consecuencias de sustituir los ordenadores personales por ''«dispositivos estériles encadenados a una red de control''». Cory Doctorow realiza una defensa aún mГЎs ferviente en el manifiesto que escribió, titulado ''«Por qué no voy a comprarme un iPad''», para Boing Boing . ''«El diseГ±o demuestra una gran reflexión e inteligencia, pero también se aprecia un desprecio palpable por el usuario —escribió—. Comprarles un iPad a tus hijos no es la forma de fomentar la idea de que el mundo es suyo para que lo desmonten y lo vuelvan a construir; es una forma de decirle a tu prole que incluso el cambio de baterГ­as es algo que deberГ­as dejar a los profesionales''». Para Jobs, creer en el planteamiento integrado era una cuestión de rectitud moral. ''«No hacemos estas cosas porque seamos unos obsesos del control —explicó—. Las hacemos porque queremos crear grandes productos, porque nos preocupamos por el usuario y porque queremos responsabilizarnos de toda su experiencia en lugar de producir la basura que crean otros fabricantes''». También creГ­a que estaba prestГЎndo un servicio al público: ''«Ellos estГЎn ocupados haciendo lo que mejor se les da, y quieren que nosotros hagamos lo que mejor se nos da. Sus vidas estГЎn llenas de compromisos, y tienen cosas mejores que hacer que pensar en cómo integrar sus ordenadores y sus dispositivos electrónicos''». Esta postura iba en ocasiones en contra de los intereses comerciales a corto plazo de Apple. Sin embargo...

From The Author Of The Bestselling Biographies Of Benjamin Franklin And Albert Einstein, This Is The Exclusive Biography Of Steve Jobs. Based On More Than Forty Interviews With Jobs Conducted Over Two Years--as Well As Interviews With More Than A Hundred Family Members, Friends, Adversaries, Competitors, And Colleagues--walter Isaacson Has Written A Riveting Story Of The Roller-coaster Life And Searingly Intense Personality Of A Creative Entrepreneur Whose Passion For Perfection And Ferocious Drive Revolutionized Six Industries: Personal Computers, Animated Movies, Music, Phones, Tablet Computing, And Digital Publishing. At A Time When America Is Seeking Ways To Sustain Its Innovative Edge, And When Societies Around The World Are Trying To Build Digital-age Economies, Jobs Stands As The Ultimate Icon Of Inventiveness And Applied Imagination. He Knew That The Best Way To Create Value In The Twenty-first Century Was To Connect Creativity With Technology. He Built A Company Where Leaps Of The Imagination Were Combined With Remarkable Feats Of Engineering. Although Jobs Cooperated With This Book, He Asked For No Control Over What Was Written Nor Even The Right To Read It Before It Was Published. He Put Nothing Off-limits. He Encouraged The People He Knew To Speak Honestly. And Jobs Speaks Candidly, Sometimes Brutally So, About The People He Worked With And Competed Against. His Friends, Foes, And Colleagues Provide An Unvarnished View Of The Passions, Perfectionism, Obsessions, Artistry, Devilry, And Compulsion For Control That Shaped His Approach To Business And The Innovative Products That Resulted. Driven By Demons, Jobs Could Drive Those Around Him To Fury And Despair. But His Personality And Products Were Interrelated, Just As Apple's Hardware And Software Tended To Be, As If Part Of An Integrated System. His Tale Is Instructive And Cautionary, Filled With Lessons About Innovation, Character, Leadership, And Values-- Childhood : Abandoned And Chosen -- Odd Couple : The Two Steves -- The Dropout: Turn On, Tune In -- Atari And India : Zen And The Art Of Game Design -- The Apple I : Turn On, Boot Up, Jack In -- The Apple Ii : Dawn Of A New Age -- Chrisann And Lisa : He Who Is Abandoned -- Xerox And Lisa : Graphical User Interfaces -- Going Public : A Man Of Wealth And Fame -- The Mac Is Born : You Say You Want A Revolution -- The Reality Distortion Field : Playing By His Own Set Of Rules -- The Design : Real Artists Simplify -- Building The Mac : The Journey Is The Reward -- Enter Sculley : The Pepsi Challenge -- The Launch : A Dent In The Universe -- Gates And Jobs : When Orbits Intersect -- Icarus : What Goes Up -- Next : Prometheus Unbound -- Pixar : Technology Meets Art -- A Regular Guy : Love Is Just A Four-letter Word -- Family Man : At Home With The Jobs Clan. Toy Story : Buzz And Woody To The Rescue -- The Second Coming : What Rough Beast, Its Hour Come Round At Last -- The Restoration : The Loser Now Will Be Later To Win -- Think Different : Jobs As Iceo -- Design Principles : The Studio Of Jobs And Ive -- The Imac : Hello (again) -- Ceo : Still Crazy After All These Years -- Apple Stores : Genius Bars And Siena Sandstone -- The Digital Hub : From Itunes To The Ipod -- The Itunes Store : I'm The Pied Piper -- Music Man : The Sound Track Of His Life -- Pixar's Friends : ... And Foes -- Twenty-first-century Macs : Setting Apple Apart -- Round One : Memento Mori -- The Iphone : Three Revolutionary Products In One -- Round Two : The Cancer Recurs -- The Ipad : Into The Post-pc Era -- New Battles : And Echoes Of Old Ones -- To Infinity : The Cloud, The Spaceship, And Beyond -- Round Three : The Twilight Struggle -- Legacy : The Brightest Heaven Of Invention. Walter Isaacson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 576-598) And Index.

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "Isaacson gives the Steve Jobs fairy tale a swift, full, and less than utterly flattering airing in a book that Jobs authorized himself and from whose stark white and black Apple-like cover he stares like a Zen digital master ... The list of acknowledged sources is a who’s who of shakers and movers, and Isaacson weaves these voices together to guide and flesh out a narrative whose lineaments are already feeling like part of our cultural DNA ... It’s great stuff, and the communicated thrill of work and invention brings Steve Jobs to life. Sometimes, as when Bono twitters on about the birth of the snazzy black U2 iPod, pages descend into drooling celeb chat. Generally, though, Isaacson sidesteps that sinkhole, and if what the reader gets feels like oral history as much as considered biographical judgment, that’s actually all to the good. The books asking whether Jobs was really a Da Vinci, or an Einstein, or a Howard Hughes or Citizen Kane are doubtless already trundling down the pipe, but this one will always feel necessary. Its very unmediated quality turns it almost into original source." - Richard Raymer, The Los Angeles

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "Isaacson gives the Steve Jobs fairy tale a swift, full, and less than utterly flattering airing in a book that Jobs authorized himself and from whose stark white and black Apple-like cover he stares like a Zen digital master ... The list of acknowledged sources is a who’s who of shakers and movers, and Isaacson weaves these voices together to guide and flesh out a narrative whose lineaments are already feeling like part of our cultural DNA ... It’s great stuff, and the communicated thrill of work and invention brings Steve Jobs to life. Sometimes, as when Bono twitters on about the birth of the snazzy black U2 iPod, pages descend into drooling celeb chat. Generally, though, Isaacson sidesteps that sinkhole, and if what the reader gets feels like oral history as much as considered biographical judgment, that’s actually all to the good. The books asking whether Jobs was really a Da Vinci, or an Einstein, or a Howard Hughes or Citizen Kane are doubtless already trundling down the pipe, but this one will always feel necessary. Its very unmediated quality turns it almost into original source." - Richard Raymer, The Los Angeles

This is the exclusive biography of Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years, as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues the author has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple's hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.;How this book came to be -- Childhood: abandoned and chosen -- Odd couple: the two Steves -- The dropout: turn on, tune in ... -- Atari and India: Zen and the art of game design -- The Apple I: turn on, boot up, jack in ... -- The Apple II: dawn of a new age -- Chrisann and Lisa: he who is abandoned ... -- Xerox and Lisa : graphical user interfaces -- Going public: a man of wealth and fame -- The Mac is born: you say you want a revolution -- The reality distortion field: playing by his own set of rules -- The design: real artists simplify -- Building the Mac: the journey is the reward -- Enter Sculley: the Pepsi challenge -- The launch: a dent in the universe -- Gates and Jobs: when orbits intersect -- Icarus: what goes up ... -- NeXT: Prometheus unbound -- Pixar: technology meets art -- A regular guy: love is just a four-letter word -- Family man: at home with the Jobs clan -- Toy story: Buzz and Woody to the rescue -- The second coming: what rough beast, its hour come round at last ... -- The restoration: the loser now will be later to win -- Think different: Jobs as iCEO -- Design principles: the studio of Jobs and Ive -- The iMac: hello (again) -- CEO: still crazy after all these years -- Apple stores: genius bars and siena sandstone -- The digital hub: from iTunes to the iPod -- The iTunes store: I'm the Pied Piper -- Music man: the sound track of his life -- Pixar's friends: ... and foes -- Twenty-first-century Macs: setting Apple apart -- Round one: Memento mori -- The iPhone: three revolutionary products in one -- Round two: the cancer recurs -- The iPad: into the post-PC era -- New battles: and echoes of old ones -- To infinity: the cloud, the spaceship, and beyond -- Round three: the twilight struggle -- Legacy: the brightest heaven of invention.

This is the exclusive biography of Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years, as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues the author has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple's hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.;How this book came to be -- Childhood: abandoned and chosen -- Odd couple: the two Steves -- The dropout: turn on, tune in ... -- Atari and India: Zen and the art of game design -- The Apple I: turn on, boot up, jack in ... -- The Apple II: dawn of a new age -- Chrisann and Lisa: he who is abandoned ... -- Xerox and Lisa : graphical user interfaces -- Going public: a man of wealth and fame -- The Mac is born: you say you want a revolution -- The reality distortion field: playing by his own set of rules -- The design: real artists simplify -- Building the Mac: the journey is the reward -- Enter Sculley: the Pepsi challenge -- The launch: a dent in the universe -- Gates and Jobs: when orbits intersect -- Icarus: what goes up ... -- NeXT: Prometheus unbound -- Pixar: technology meets art -- A regular guy: love is just a four-letter word -- Family man: at home with the Jobs clan -- Toy story: Buzz and Woody to the rescue -- The second coming: what rough beast, its hour come round at last ... -- The restoration: the loser now will be later to win -- Think different: Jobs as iCEO -- Design principles: the studio of Jobs and Ive -- The iMac: hello (again) -- CEO: still crazy after all these years -- Apple stores: genius bars and siena sandstone -- The digital hub: from iTunes to the iPod -- The iTunes store: I'm the Pied Piper -- Music man: the sound track of his life -- Pixar's friends: ... and foes -- Twenty-first-century Macs: setting Apple apart -- Round one: Memento mori -- The iPhone: three revolutionary products in one -- Round two: the cancer recurs -- The iPad: into the post-PC era -- New battles: and echoes of old ones -- To infinity: the cloud, the spaceship, and beyond -- Round three: the twilight struggle -- Legacy: the brightest heaven of invention.

Walter Isaacson’s “enthralling” (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Isaacson’s portrait touched millions of readers. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with the author, he asked for no control over what was written. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. He himself spoke candidly about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues offer an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. Steve Jobs is the inspiration for the movie of the same name starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels, directed by Danny Boyle with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin.

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Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "Isaacson gives the Steve Jobs fairy tale a swift, full, and less than utterly flattering airing in a book that Jobs authorized himself and from whose stark white and black Apple-like cover he stares like a Zen digital master ... The list of acknowledged sources is a who’s who of shakers and movers, and Isaacson weaves these voices together to guide and flesh out a narrative whose lineaments are already feeling like part of our cultural DNA ... It’s great stuff, and the communicated thrill of work and invention brings Steve Jobs to life. Sometimes, as when Bono twitters on about the birth of the snazzy black U2 iPod, pages descend into drooling celeb chat. Generally, though, Isaacson sidesteps that sinkhole, and if what the reader gets feels like oral history as much as considered biographical judgment, that’s actually all to the good. The books asking whether Jobs was really a Da Vinci, or an Einstein, or a Howard Hughes or Citizen Kane are doubtless already trundling down the pipe, but this one will always feel necessary. Its very unmediated quality turns it almost into original source." - Richard Raymer, The Los Angeles

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "Isaacson gives the Steve Jobs fairy tale a swift, full, and less than utterly flattering airing in a book that Jobs authorized himself and from whose stark white and black Apple-like cover he stares like a Zen digital master ... The list of acknowledged sources is a who’s who of shakers and movers, and Isaacson weaves these voices together to guide and flesh out a narrative whose lineaments are already feeling like part of our cultural DNA ... It’s great stuff, and the communicated thrill of work and invention brings Steve Jobs to life. Sometimes, as when Bono twitters on about the birth of the snazzy black U2 iPod, pages descend into drooling celeb chat. Generally, though, Isaacson sidesteps that sinkhole, and if what the reader gets feels like oral history as much as considered biographical judgment, that’s actually all to the good. The books asking whether Jobs was really a Da Vinci, or an Einstein, or a Howard Hughes or Citizen Kane are doubtless already trundling down the pipe, but this one will always feel necessary. Its very unmediated quality turns it almost into original source." - Richard Raymer, The Los Angeles

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "Isaacson gives the Steve Jobs fairy tale a swift, full, and less than utterly flattering airing in a book that Jobs authorized himself and from whose stark white and black Apple-like cover he stares like a Zen digital master ... The list of acknowledged sources is a who’s who of shakers and movers, and Isaacson weaves these voices together to guide and flesh out a narrative whose lineaments are already feeling like part of our cultural DNA ... It’s great stuff, and the communicated thrill of work and invention brings Steve Jobs to life. Sometimes, as when Bono twitters on about the birth of the snazzy black U2 iPod, pages descend into drooling celeb chat. Generally, though, Isaacson sidesteps that sinkhole, and if what the reader gets feels like oral history as much as considered biographical judgment, that’s actually all to the good. The books asking whether Jobs was really a Da Vinci, or an Einstein, or a Howard Hughes or Citizen Kane are doubtless already trundling down the pipe, but this one will always feel necessary. Its very unmediated quality turns it almost into original source." - Richard Raymer, The Los Angeles

From The Author Of The Bestselling Biographies Of Benjamin Franklin And Albert Einstein, This Is The Exclusive Biography Of Steve Jobs. Based On More Than Forty Interviews With Jobs Conducted Over Two Years--as Well As Interviews With More Than A Hundred Family Members, Friends, Adversaries, Competitors, And Colleagues--walter Isaacson Has Written A Riveting Story Of The Roller-coaster Life And Searingly Intense Personality Of A Creative Entrepreneur Whose Passion For Perfection And Ferocious Drive Revolutionized Six Industries: Personal Computers, Animated Movies, Music, Phones, Tablet Computing, And Digital Publishing. At A Time When America Is Seeking Ways To Sustain Its Innovative Edge, And When Societies Around The World Are Trying To Build Digital-age Economies, Jobs Stands As The Ultimate Icon Of Inventiveness And Applied Imagination. He Knew That The Best Way To Create Value In The Twenty-first Century Was To Connect Creativity With Technology. He Built A Company Where Leaps Of The Imagination Were Combined With Remarkable Feats Of Engineering. Although Jobs Cooperated With This Book, He Asked For No Control Over What Was Written Nor Even The Right To Read It Before It Was Published. He Put Nothing Off-limits. He Encouraged The People He Knew To Speak Honestly. And Jobs Speaks Candidly, Sometimes Brutally So, About The People He Worked With And Competed Against. His Friends, Foes, And Colleagues Provide An Unvarnished View Of The Passions, Perfectionism, Obsessions, Artistry, Devilry, And Compulsion For Control That Shaped His Approach To Business And The Innovative Products That Resulted. Driven By Demons, Jobs Could Drive Those Around Him To Fury And Despair. But His Personality And Products Were Interrelated, Just As Apple's Hardware And Software Tended To Be, As If Part Of An Integrated System. His Tale Is Instructive And Cautionary, Filled With Lessons About Innovation, Character, Leadership, And Values-- Childhood : Abandoned And Chosen -- Odd Couple : The Two Steves -- The Dropout: Turn On, Tune In -- Atari And India : Zen And The Art Of Game Design -- The Apple I : Turn On, Boot Up, Jack In -- The Apple Ii : Dawn Of A New Age -- Chrisann And Lisa : He Who Is Abandoned -- Xerox And Lisa : Graphical User Interfaces -- Going Public : A Man Of Wealth And Fame -- The Mac Is Born : You Say You Want A Revolution -- The Reality Distortion Field : Playing By His Own Set Of Rules -- The Design : Real Artists Simplify -- Building The Mac : The Journey Is The Reward -- Enter Sculley : The Pepsi Challenge -- The Launch : A Dent In The Universe -- Gates And Jobs : When Orbits Intersect -- Icarus : What Goes Up -- Next : Prometheus Unbound -- Pixar : Technology Meets Art -- A Regular Guy : Love Is Just A Four-letter Word -- Family Man : At Home With The Jobs Clan. Toy Story : Buzz And Woody To The Rescue -- The Second Coming : What Rough Beast, Its Hour Come Round At Last -- The Restoration : The Loser Now Will Be Later To Win -- Think Different : Jobs As Iceo -- Design Principles : The Studio Of Jobs And Ive -- The Imac : Hello (again) -- Ceo : Still Crazy After All These Years -- Apple Stores : Genius Bars And Siena Sandstone -- The Digital Hub : From Itunes To The Ipod -- The Itunes Store : I'm The Pied Piper -- Music Man : The Sound Track Of His Life -- Pixar's Friends : ... And Foes -- Twenty-first-century Macs : Setting Apple Apart -- Round One : Memento Mori -- The Iphone : Three Revolutionary Products In One -- Round Two : The Cancer Recurs -- The Ipad : Into The Post-pc Era -- New Battles : And Echoes Of Old Ones -- To Infinity : The Cloud, The Spaceship, And Beyond -- Round Three : The Twilight Struggle -- Legacy : The Brightest Heaven Of Invention. Walter Isaacson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 576-598) And Index.