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The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- De: Walter Isaacson, Walter Isaacson - introduction
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Read
- De David en 01-16-15
- The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- De: Walter Isaacson, Walter Isaacson - introduction
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
Engaging History of Computing
Revisado: 12-18-15
What did you love best about The Innovators?
I got into computers with the Commodore VIC-20 in 1983, and have worked my way through all of the advances right up to today's iPhones and Microsoft's Surface. Having lived through 35 years of Moore's Law, I am still awed to think that my Apple Watch probably has more computing power than the Lunar Lander in 1969. While I enjoyed learning about all the early thorists with their Analytical Engines and all, the real pleasure was reliving the early days of personal computing, hearing the stories about Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the complementary collaborators who have changed the way we work...play...live.
Any additional comments?
An enjoyable listen for those who lived through the early days, and a book that will help those born with a digital spoon in their mouths appreciate the technology that we all take for granted today.
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World Without End
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: Richard E. Grant
- Duración: 14 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 312
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 205
Abridged edition: In 1989 Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, set in 12th-century England. Readers and listeners ever since have hoped for a sequel. At last, here it is. Although the two novels may be listened to in any order, World Without End also takes place in Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building their exquisite Gothic cathedral. The cathedral is again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great feeling of history
- De Robert W. Sherrill en 12-05-07
- World Without End
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: Richard E. Grant
"Abridged" is not a bad word
Revisado: 10-09-15
World Without End is a good book, a worthy follow-up to Pillars of the Earth. But as I found myself only one third of the way through the unabridged 45 hours, it occurred to me to use one of my accumulated monthly credits on the abridged version. Aside from finding Richard E. Grant a much more entertaining narrator--almost like listening to a radio play--I found the story much less squirm-worthy, with more left to the imagination (not a problem, from my AARP-eligible perspective.) In the process of finding my spot in the abridged version, I was able to listen to several chapters in both versions, and found that while I didn't get as deep into each side plot, the main story was there, and moved along well. I'll be doing more abridged books from now on.
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