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  • The Innovators

  • How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
  • By: Walter Isaacson
  • Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
  • Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (194 ratings)

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The Innovators

By: Walter Isaacson
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
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2015 Audie Award Finalist for Non-Fiction

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? 

In his masterly saga, Isaacson begins with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron’s daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s. He explores the fascinating personalities that created our current digital revolution, such as Vannevar Bush, Alan Turing, John von Neumann, J.C.R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Robert Noyce, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, Tim Berners-Lee, and Larry Page. 

This is the story of how their minds worked and what made them so inventive. It’s also a narrative of how their ability to collaborate and master the art of teamwork made them even more creative. 

For an era that seeks to foster innovation, creativity, and teamwork, The Innovators shows how they happen.

©2014 Walter Isaacson (P)2014 Simon & Schuster

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Great book.

Start was a little slow. Still, it kept me interested all the way through. Narrator did well. Story gives great description of tech innovation over time.

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An excellent book - Evolution of Technology

Walter Issacson has done wonderful research and presented the evolution of the latest technology in beautiful way.
Dennis Bourtsiaris narration is great from beginning to end. This book gives a wealth of knowledge how the digital revolution took place. It is a good read for anyone who is interested in knowing the background of current technology which we are using and how it was made possible by the excellent team work of so many inventors, who innovated.
Regards - Balaji

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Brilliant history

This is a book, years after listening to, I still remember things from it, makes me think about innovations and these incredible people so often.
Walter has a great way of writing, and Dennis narrated it perfectly.
This is a book I have recommended many times!

If your reading this, just get it!

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something you wished to listen it earlier

I love the way Walter Isaacson tells the story with reasoning, arguments and staying honest and this one is another piece of art he created. Everything is top notch.

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From Mechanical to Software, a good read

An important read to understand where it all started the people involved, it fills in a number of holes in the process.

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Deserves 1 million stars

An exceptional book in every way. Excruciatingly researched with a tightly woven narrative. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the changes that resulted in the digital revolution

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enjoyed my first audible

loved it, enjoyed reading great how great inovations unfolded. narration was excellent, enjoyed every party of it.

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Fantastically informative

A great read for anyone with an interest in technology and its role in our world

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Must listen for anyone in tech

must listen for any tech enthusiast or innovator. the evolution of tech is a collaborative endeavor.

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Too slow

Far too slow for me, but could suit others who don't mind that style and enjoy that detail

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