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The Innovators (Abridged): How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Audiobook, by Walter Isaacson Play Audiobook Sample

The Innovators (Abridged): How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Audiobook

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Read By: Dennis Boutsikaris Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: October 2014 Format: Abridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781442376250

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

15

Longest Chapter Length:

76:58 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

31 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

35:01 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

20

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Publisher Description

Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens.

What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail?

In his masterly saga, Isaacson begins with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron’s daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s. He explores the fascinating personalities that created our current digital revolution, such as Vannevar Bush, Alan Turing, John von Neumann, J.C.R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Robert Noyce, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, Tim Berners-Lee, and Larry Page.

This is the story of how their minds worked and what made them so inventive. It’s also a narrative of how their ability to collaborate and master the art of teamwork made them even more creative.

For an era that seeks to foster innovation, creativity, and teamwork, The Innovators shows how they happen.

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“The history of the computer as told through this fascinating book is not the story of great leaps forward but rather one of halting progress. Journalist and Aspen Institute CEO Isaacson (Steve Jobs) presents an episodic survey of advances in computing and the people who made them, from 19th-century digital prophet Ada Lovelace to Google founders Larry Page and Segey Brin…Isaacson’s absorbing study shows that technological progress is a team sport, and that there’s no I in computer.”

— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Quotes

  • “Walter Isaacson has written an inspiring book about genius, this time explaining how creativity and success come from collaboration. The Innovators is a fascinating history of the digital revolution, including the critical but often forgotten role women played from the beginning. It offers truly valuable lessons in how to work together to achieve great results.”

    — Sheryl Sandberg
  • “A panoramic history of technological revolution…a sweeping, thrilling tale…Throughout his action-packed story, Isaacson…offers vivid portraits—many based on firsthand interviews—[and] weaves prodigious research and deftly crafted anecdotes into a vigorous, gripping narrative about the visionaries whose imaginations and zeal continue to transform our lives.”

    — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Awards

  • Longlisted for the 2014 National Book Award
  • A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week, October 2014
  • An Amazon Best Book of the Month, October 2014
  • An AudioFile Best Audiobook of the Year for 2014
  • A New York Times Editor’s Choice
  • One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2014
  • One of Audible’s Best Audiobooks of 2014: Science and technology

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About Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson is the author of highly acclaimed works of nonfiction, including several biographies that have made the #1 spot on the New York Times bestsellers list. A professor of history at Tulane University, he has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.

About Dennis Boutsikaris

Dennis Boutsikaris is a two-time OBIE award winner. He has received five Audie Awards and seven Golden Earphone Awards for his work in over 100 audiobooks and was voted one of the Best Voices of the Year by AudioFile magazine. He has appeared in numerous Broadway, television, and film roles. He played Mozart on Broadway in Amadeus and has appeared on television shows including Shameless, The Good Wife, House M.D., Grey’s Anatomy, ER, and Law & Order.