Dealers of Lightning

Author: Michael A. Hiltzik
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0887309895

Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

In the bestselling tradition of The Soul of a New Machine, Dealers of Lightning is a fascinating journey of intellectual creation. Download Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. In the 1970s and '80s, Xerox Corporation brought together a brain-trust of engineering geniuses, a group of computer eccentrics dubbed PARC. This brilliant group created several monumental innovations that triggered a technological revolution, including the first personal computer, the laser printer, and the graphical interface (one of the main precursors of the Internet), only to see these breakthroughs rejected by the corporation. Yet, instead of giving up, these determined inventors turned their ideas into empires that radically altered contemporary life and changed the world.Based on extensive interview Search and find a lot of computer books in many category availabe for free download.

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