The Soul of A New Machine
Tracy Kidder attended the University of Iowa after graduating from Harvard. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Robert F. Kennedy Award, and numerous other literary honors. Kidder lives in Massachusetts and Maine and is the author of Mountains Beyond Mountains, My Detachment, Home Town, Old Friends, Among Schoolchildren, House, and The Soul of a New Machine.
Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) account of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and it has since become required reading for anyone interested in the history of the American technology industry.
Since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution, computers have evolved. What hasn't changed is the high-tech industry's frenetic pace, the go-for-broke business approach that has led to so many computer companies winning big (or going bankrupt), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations.
The Soul of a New Machine is an important chapter in the history of the machine that changed the world in the twentieth century. The book is among the best books on technology.
Author: Tracy Kidder
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-New-Machine-Tracy-Kidder/dp/0316491977
Ratings: 4.6 out of 5 stars (from 697 reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #25,561 in Books
#3 in Computing Industry History
#43 in Computers & Technology Industry
#65 in Company Business Profiles (Books)
