| ID | 045133 |
| Call Number | 920/ISA |
| Title Proper | Steve Jobs |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Isaacson Walter |
| Publication | UK, Little Brown, 2011. |
| Description | xix,630p |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | 'This is a riveting book, with as much to say about the transformation of modern life in the information age as about its supernaturally gifted and driven subject' - Telegraph
Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, , and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness.
Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies,music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. |
| Contents | Characters
Introduction: How This Book Came toBe
CHAPTER ONE
Childhood: Abandonedand Chosen 1
CHAPTER TWO
Odd Couple: The Two Steves 21
CHAPTER THREE
The Dropout: Turn On, Tune In ...
CHAPTER FOUR
Atari and India: Zen and theArt ofGame Design
CHAPTER FIVE
The Apple I: Turn On, Boot Up, Jack In ...
CHAPTER SIX
The Apple II: Dawn ofaNewAge
CHAPTER SEVEN
Chrisann and Lisa: He Who IsAbandoned...
CHAPTER EIGHT
Xerox and Lisa: Graphical User Interfaces
CHAPTER NINE
Going Public:AMan ofWealth andFame
CHAPTER TEN
TheMac IsBorn: You Say You Want aRevolution
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Reality Distortion Field: Playing by His Own Set ofRules
CHAPTER TWELVE
TheDesign: RealArtists Simplify
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Building the Mac: TheJourney Is the Reward
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
EnterSculley: The Pepsi Challenge
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The Launch: A Dent in the Universe
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Gates andJobs: When OrbitsIntersect
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Icarus: What Goes Up . . .
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
NeXT: Prometheus Unbound
CHAPTER NINETEEN
Pixar: Technology MeetsArt
CHAPTER TWENTY
ARegular Guy: Love IsJust aFour-Letter Word
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Family Man: AtHome with theJobs Clan 2
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Toy Story: Buzz and Woody to the Rescue
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
The Second Coming:
What Rough Beast, ItsHour Come Round atLast...
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
The Restoration: The LoserNow WillBe Later to Win
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
Think Different: Jobs as iCEO 327
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Design Principles: The Studio ofJobs andlve
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
TheiMac: Hello (Again)
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CEO: Still Crazy afterAllThese Years
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
Apple Stores: Genius Bars and Siena Sandstone
CHAPTER THIRTY
The DigitalHub:From iTunes to the iPod
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
The iTunes Store: Tm the PiedPiper
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
Music Man: The Sound Track ofHis Life
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
Pixars Friends: . . . andFoes
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
Twenty-first-century Macs: SettingAppleApart
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
Round One: MementoMori
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
The iPhone: Three Revolutionary Products in One
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
Round Two: The Cancer Recurs
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
The i?zd: Into thePost-PC Era
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
New Battles: AndEchoes ofOld Ones
CHAPTER FORTY
To Infinity: The Cloud, the Spaceship, andBeyond 525
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
Round Three: The Twilight Struggle
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
Legacy: The BrightestHeaven ofInvention |
| Standard Number | 9781408703748 |
| Price. Qualification | HB |
| Classification Number | 920 |
| Key Words | Biography ; Gifted ; Steve jobs ; Apple |