The Soul of a New Machine

Name: The Soul of a New Machine
ISBN: 9780316491976

Tracy Kidder

1981·320 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics Science & Mind

ambition band of misfits class and inequality gritty intense mentor and protege

★ Pulitzer Prize (1982) · Winner National Book Award (1982) · Nominee

“Fascinating...A surprisingly gripping account of people at work.”
— Wall Street Journal

Tracy Kidder's story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry. Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations. The Soul of a New Machine is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the twentieth century.

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