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The Innovators
Walter Isaacson ISBN 9781471138799
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Walter Isaacson ISBN 9781471138799
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This book by Walter Isaacson has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. The people who brought it up: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-03-07 and the most recent from 2023-09-10. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail? In his masterly saga, Isaacson begins with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron’s daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s.
“in uh innovators another book of yours that I love you write about individuals and about groups”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Walter Isaacson: One of the most acclaimed biographers alive, author of bestselling books on Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Jennifer Doudna, Benjamin Franklin, and Henry Kissinger. A former editor of Time Magazine and CEO of CNN, he now teaches at Tulane in New Orleans. Biographer Walter Isaacson dissects the demons, drives, and genius linking Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, da Vinci, and Franklin.
“he is the author of many books you will no doubt recognize leonardo da vinci the innovators steve jobs einstein”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Walter Isaacson: Professor of history at Tulane, former CEO of the Aspen Institute, former chair of CNN and editor of Time. He is the biographer of Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin, and author of 'The Code Breaker' about Jennifer Doudna. Walter Isaacson on CRISPR, Jennifer Doudna, gene editing's promises and perils, and the coming biotech revolution.
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