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Dealers of Lightning

Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

By Michael A. Hiltzik, Michael D'Antonio

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| Paperback | 9780887309892

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From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes a riveting, true story of an extraordinary group of inventors who brought about a technological revolution that would change the world.

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  • A story of PARC, the famed Xerox Palo Alto Research Center , that follows both the business and the "people" aspect of the founding and evolution of the institution.
    It is written as a story of the people there but the compelling, informed and witty writing bring weave what amount to a page-tur ... (continue)

    A story of PARC, the famed Xerox Palo Alto Research Center , that follows both the business and the "people" aspect of the founding and evolution of the institution.
    It is written as a story of the people there but the compelling, informed and witty writing bring weave what amount to a page-turner about real life events.
    It is not a business manual, nor a software or hardware textbook, yet it has aspects of all of these subject and provides a fascinating insight into the recent history of computing.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 480 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 0887309895
  • ISBN-13: 9780887309892
  • Publisher: Collins
  • Pub date: Apr 01, 2000
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover and Audio Cassette
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