The Soul of a New Machine - by Tracy Kidder (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A new trade paperback edition has been issued of a nonfiction modern classic--the Pulitzer Prize-winning work that, more than any other book, captures the essential spirit of the computer age. "Fascinating. . . . A surprisingly gripping account of people at work".--"The Wall Street Journal".<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (<i>Washington Post</i>) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry. </b> Computers have changed since 1981, when <i>The Soul of a New Machine</i> first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations. <br><i>The Soul of a New Machine</i> is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the twentieth century. <b>"Fascinating...A surprisingly gripping account of people at work." --<i>Wall Street Journal</i></b><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Computers have changed since 1981, when Tracy Kidder indelibly recorded the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. What has changed little, however, is computer culture: the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the mystique of programmers, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations. By tracing computer culture to its roots, by exploring the "soul" of the "machine" that has revolutionized the world, Kidder succeeds as no other writer has done in capturing the essential spirit of the computer age.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"It has the ring of truth....For readers who would like to know what it takes to make a computer, how computers are organized, and who the people are who put them together, I strongly recommend The Soul of a New Machine. I do not know anything quite like it".<P>-- Jeremy Bernstein, New York Review of Books<br>
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