Pub Date: October 24, 2011
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2011045006
Lexile Code: 1080
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 1.80" H x 9.41" L x 6.45" W ( 2.16 lbs) 656 pages
BISAC Categories:
Biography & Autobiography | Business | Business & Economics | Leadership | Computers | History
Description: Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
Brief description: Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Elon Musk, Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.