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Portraits in Silicon

Name: Portraits in Silicon
Author: Robert Slater
ISBN: 9780262691314

by Robert Slater

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Overview

Who are the masterminds of today's electronic revolution and what motivated them? That's the question Time correspondent Robert Slater asked as he traveled to Silicon Valley to interview the designers, entrepreneurs, hardware engineers, and software writers who have given us the modern computer.Robert Slater is a member of the reporting staff of the Time Jerusalem bureau.

Synopsis

The book contains clearly written thumbnail sketches of 31 people who were of paramount importance in the conception and creation of the computer industry