Walter Isaacson
Autor(a) de Steve Jobs
About the Author
Walter Isaacson was born on May 20, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received a B. A. in history and literature from Harvard College. He then attended the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar at Pembroke College and read philosophy, politics, and economics. He began his career in mostrar mais journalism at The Sunday Times of London and then the New Orleans Times-Picayune/States-Item. He joined TIME in 1978 and served as a political correspondent, national editor and editor of new media before becoming the magazine's editor in 1996. He became Chairman and CEO of CNN in 2001, and then president and CEO of the Aspen Institute in 2003. He has written numerous books including American Sketches, Einstein: His Life and Universe, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Kissinger: A Biography, Steve Jobs, and The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. He is the co-author, with Evan Thomas, of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Walter Isaacson
The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (2014) 1,911 exemplares
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (2021) 1,255 exemplares
American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane (2010) 214 exemplares
People of the Century: One Hundred Men And Women Who Shaped The Last One Hundred Years (1985) 189 exemplares
Walter Isaacson: The Genius Biographies: Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Leonardo da Vinci (2019) 13 exemplares
The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code (2022) 12 exemplares
Albert Einstein: The Man, the Genius, and the Theory of Relativity (Pioneers of Science) (2021) 4 exemplares
The Price of Genius: The Alan Turing Story 3 exemplares
Os Inovadores 1 exemplar
Time Exclusive The Columbine Tapes 1 exemplar
Steve Jobs - The Exclusive Biography 1 exemplar
Os inovadores [The Innovators]: Como um grupo de hackers, gênios e geeks criou a revolução digital… 1 exemplar
Madison Park: A Place of Hope 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta, (1938) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 897 exemplares
Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson (2020) — Introdução — 118 exemplares
Summary of Jeff Bezos and Walter Isaacson's Book: Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos (2021) — Associated Name — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Isaacson, Walter Seff
- Data de nascimento
- 1952-05-20
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Locais de residência
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Washington, DC, USA - Educação
- Deep Springs College
Harvard University (BA|1974)
Pembroke College, Oxford University (MA|1976) - Ocupações
- journalist
biographer
editor
administrator
professor
CEO - Organizações
- Time (1978-2001, Editor 1996-2001)
CNN (CEO, 2001-2003)
Aspen Institute (president and CEO, 2003-)
Teach for America (chair emeritus)
Tulane University - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Rhodes Scholar
Jefferson Lecture (2014)
Gerald Loeb Award (2012)
American Philosophical Society (2005)
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2016)
Fellow, Royal Society of the Arts (mostrar todos 9)
Benjamin Franklin Medal (2013)
National Humanities Medal (2021)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2012)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Walter Isaacson, University Professor of History at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chairman of CNN, and editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Leonardo da Vinci; Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography. He is also the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 40
- Also by
- 7
- Membros
- 29,015
- Popularidade
- #687
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 666
- ISBN
- 454
- Línguas
- 32
- Marcado como favorito
- 24
Em "Os Inovadores", Walter Isaacson dá resposta a estas questões, oferecendo-nos a mais completa história da revolução digital, uma narrativa fascinan- te acerca daqueles que criaram o computador e a Internet. Numa escrita empolgante e ágil, Isaacson organiza um roteiro minucioso que começa com Ada Lovelace, filha de Lord Byron e pioneira da programação na década de 1840, passa pela fundação do mítico Si- licon Valley e segue até aos nossos dias, com Steve Jobs ou Bill Gates. Explorando mais as personalidades desconcertantes destes génios do que as suas invenções, Os Inovadores é o guia indispen- sável para o modo como nasce a inovação e para se compreender o mundo digital que é hoje o nosso.… (mais)