Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American...
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Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American...
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A captivating narrative chronicling the intense engineering effort behind an early microcomputer, offering insights into tech history and team dynamics.
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Developers credit this book with fundamentally changing how they approach their craft and think about engineering problems.
"If you only read one book about the history of computing - _make it this one_."
— dereklawless · Tales from the computing frontier · Feb 23, 2020
"it is a wonderful read that really ignites a feeling of nostalgia for a time when the PC was a just a twinkle in the eye of an engineer."
— austinhardaway · Book Recommendations! · Jan 10, 2020
"Anyone who does anything in a technical field with a team should read this IMO."
— austinhardaway · Book Recommendations! · Jan 10, 2020
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