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The phenomenal bestseller about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs from the author of the acclaimed biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert EinsteinBased on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two yearsas well as interviews with more than family members friends adversaries competitors and colleaguesWalter Isaacson set down the riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries personal computers animated movies music phones tablet computing and digital publishing Isaacsons portrait touched hundreds of thousands of readers At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies Jobs still stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering Although Jobs cooperated with the author he asked for no control over what was written He put nothing off-limits He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly He himself spoke candidly about the people he worked with and competed against His friends foes and colleagues offer an unvarnished view of the passions perfectionism obsessions artistry devilry and compulsion for control that shaped Jobss approach to business the innovative products that resulted and his legacy.
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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.
