The Innovators：How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

FollowinghisblockbusterbiographyofSteveJobs,TheInnovatorsisWalterIsaacson’srevealingstoryofthepeoplewhocreatedthecomputerandtheInternet.Itisdestinedtobethestandardhistoryofthedigitalrevolutionandanindispensableguidetohowinnovationreallyhappens.Whatwerethetalentsthatallowedcertaininventorsandentrepreneurstoturntheirvisionaryideasintodisruptiverealities?Whatledtotheircreativeleaps?Whydidsomesucceedandothersfail?Inhismasterlysaga,IsaacsonbeginswithAdaLovelace,LordByron’sdaughter,whopioneeredcomputerprogramminginthe1840s.Heexploresthefascinatingpersonalitiesthatcreatedourcurrentdigitalrevolution,suchasVannevarBush,AlanTuring,JohnvonNeumann,J.C.R.Licklider,DougEngelbart,RobertNoyce,BillGates,SteveWozniak,SteveJobs,TimBerners-Lee,andLarryPage.Thisisthestoryofhowtheirmindsworkedandwhatmadethemsoinventive.It’salsoanarrativeofhowtheirabilitytocollaborateandmastertheartofteamworkmadethemevenmorecreative.Foranerathatseekstofosterinnovation,creativity,andteamwork,TheInnovatorsshowshowtheyhappen.