IWoz : computer geek to cult icon : how I invented the personal computer, co-founded Apple, and had fun doing it / Steve Wozniak with Gina Smith
- Author:
- Wozniak, Steve, 1950-
- Published:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2006]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2006
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description:
- 313 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Smith, Gina
- Summary:
- Once upon a time, computers looked like big, alien vending machines. They had large screens, cryptic switches, huge boxes, and odd lights. But in 1975, a young engineering wizard named Steve Wozniak had an idea: What if you combined computer circuitry with a regular typewriter keyboard and a video screen? The result was the first true personal computer, the Apple I. Widely affordable and easily understood, Wozniak's invention has been rapidly transforming our world ever since. His life--before and after Apple--is a "home-brew" mix of brilliant discovery and adventure, as an engineer, a concert promoter, a fifth-grade teacher, a philanthropist, and an irrepressible prankster. From the invention of the first personal computer to the rise of Apple as an industry giant, iWoz presents a no-holds-barred, rollicking, firsthand account of the humanist inventor who ignited the computer revolution.--From publisher description.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 0393061434 (hardcover)
- Source of Acquisition:
- Harrisburg copy: Purchased with funds from the Library of the Future Campaign; 20067.
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