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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
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IWoz : computer geek to cult icon : getting to the core of Apple's inventor, Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith
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- 2006
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith
- Publisher
- Headline Pub.
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 313
- ISBN10
- 0755314069
- ISBN13
- 9780755314065
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Business, Business & Management, Technology & Engineering, Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs, American Literature, Technology, Celebrities
- First published
- 2005
- Original title
- iWoz
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
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- 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