Isaacson, Walter. creator text bibliography biography nyu New York Simon & Schuster c2011 2011 monographic eng

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xxi, 630 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. "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"-- Walter Isaacson. Includes bibliographical references (p. 576-577) and index. n-us--- Jobs, Steve 1955-2011 Apple Computer, Inc. History Computer engineers United States Biography Businesspeople United States Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General QA 76.2.J63 I83 2011 621.39092 B BIO003000 BUS000000 TEC000000 9781451648539 (hardback) 9781451648546 (trade paperback) 9781451648553 (ebook) 2011045006 http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/1247/539/9781451648539/image/lgcover.9781451648539.jpg http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/1247/539/9781451648539/image/lgcover.9781451648539.jpg PUL 111102 20160126150628.0 17030917