In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, this book offers an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most ambitious entrepreneurs—a real-life Tony Stark. It explores the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, who famously sold PayPal for $1.5 billion. The narrative captures the full arc of Musk’s life, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa to his dramatic innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits in the U.S. The author examines a pressing question of our age: can the nation of inventors still compete in an era of fierce global competition? Musk emerges as a striking figure in American business history, a contemporary amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists like Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs. He has dedicated his efforts and fortune to creating a future that mirrors the grand visions of science fiction. This thorough and insightful examination brings to life a rapidly changing technology industry by focusing on one of its most powerful and influential titans.
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This author is known for their ambitious visions and ability to merge art with technological innovation. Their works often explore the future of humanity and our place in the cosmos. Through their writing, they provoke readers to consider the possibilities and challenges that lie ahead. Their unique style and profound insights make them a notable figure in contemporary literature.
With images never published before, many with surprising colors and landscapes that make you want to spend your next vacation on Mars, this is the one and only book written in consultation with NASA scientists that explains everything, detail by detail and moment by moment, about the most ambitious space expedition the human race has ever undertaken. Mars Up Close combines inside stories, fascinating facts, up-to-date maps, accessible science, eye-popping pictures, and visions of a future not that far away thanks to the groundbreaking success of NASA's Curiosity mission. Renowned science journalist Marc Kaufman spent two years embedded with the engineers and scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, cheering on the rover's spine-tingling landing, learning the backstory of anticipated findings, and witnessing the inescapable frustrations that come from operating a $2.5-billion multitasking robot on a planet 35 million miles from Earth. For pop science, space, and technology lovers, Mars Up Close takes you inside the mission and onto the surface of Mars. As an added special feature, this book contains embedded Augmented Reality coding: Download NASA's free app and bring the Curiosity rover and other Mars spacecraft into 3-D reality right on its pages!