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Based on extensive interviews with the scientists, engineers, administrators, and executives who lived the story, this riveting chronicle details PARC's humble beginnings through its triumph as a hothouse for ideas, and shows why Xerox was never able to grasp, and ultimately exploit, the cutting-edge innovations PARC delivered. Dealers of Lightning offers an unprecedented look at the ideas, the inventions, and the individuals that propelled Xerox PARC to the frontier of technohistoiy--and the corporate machinations that almost prevented it from achieving greatness.
Based on extensive interviews with the scientists, engineers, administrators, and executives who lived the story, this riveting chronicle details PARC's humble beginnings through its triumph as a hothouse for ideas, and shows why Xerox was never able to grasp, and ultimately exploit, the cutting-edge innovations PARC delivered. Dealers of Lightning offers an unprecedented look at the ideas, the inventions, and the individuals that propelled Xerox PARC to the frontier of technohistoiy--and the corporate machinations that almost prevented it from achieving greatness.
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.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
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Fachbereich: | EDV |
Genre: | Informatik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780887309892 |
ISBN-10: | 0887309895 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Hiltzik, Michael A |
Hersteller: | Harper Business |
Maße: | 203 x 133 x 29 mm |
Von/Mit: | Michael A Hiltzik |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.01.2020 |
Gewicht: | 0,6 kg |
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.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | EDV |
Genre: | Informatik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780887309892 |
ISBN-10: | 0887309895 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Hiltzik, Michael A |
Hersteller: | Harper Business |
Maße: | 203 x 133 x 29 mm |
Von/Mit: | Michael A Hiltzik |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.01.2020 |
Gewicht: | 0,6 kg |