Overview
A mere fifteen years ago, computer nerds were seen as marginal weirdos, outsiders whose world would never resonate with the mainstream. That was before one pioneering work documented the underground computer revolution that was about to change our world forever. With groundbreaking profiles of Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club, and more, Steven Levy's Hackers brilliantly captured a seminal moment when the risk-takers and explorers were poised to conquer twentieth-century America's last great frontier. And in the Internet age, the hacker ethic-first espoused here-is alive and well.A remarkable collection of characters...courageously exploring mindspace, an inner world where nobody had ever been before. (The New York Times)
Fascinating...A huge job hugely well done. (The Washington Post)
Author Bio: Steven Levy is also the author of Crypto: When the Code Rebels Beat the Government-Saving Privacy in the Digital Age and the chief technology writer for Newsweek. He is a regular contributor to numerous publications including Macworld and Wired.
A classic reissued for the first time in trade paperback with a new afterword from the author, this is the story of the true pioneers of the computer revolution -- the young mavericks and renegades who hacked their way into controlling an industry. Levy's monthly column appears in MacWorld.