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An edition of The Soul of a New Machine (1981)

The soul of a new machine

1st ed.

by

  • ★★★★ 4.13 ·
  • 15 Ratings
  • 140 Want to read
  • 11 Currently reading
  • 21 Have read

In 1979, Kidder went underground in the research department of Data General to observe the workings of the computer wizards who were designing and building a fast new computer.

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Publisher
Little, Brown
Language
English
Pages
293

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Subjects
minicomputers, Informatica, Ordinateurs, Design and construction, Ouvrages de vulgarisation, Computer engineering, Conception et construction, Electronic digital computers, Data General Corporation, Popular works, History, Electronic digital computers, design and construction, New York Times reviewed, open_syllabus_project, Architecture des ordinateurs, Miniordinateur
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Cover of: The Soul Of A New Machine
The Soul Of A New Machine
June 1, 2000, Back Bay Books
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The soul of a new machine
1997, Modern Library
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The soul of a new machine
1990, Avon
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The Soul of a New Machine
1982, Avon
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Eagle
1982, Flammarion
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The soul of a new machine
1982, Avon
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The soul of a new machine
1981, Little, Brown
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"An Atlantic Monthly Press book."

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Dewey Decimal Class
621.3819/582
Library of Congress
TK7885.4 .K53

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
293 p. ;
Number of pages
293

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OL4260406M
ISBN 10
0316491705
LCCN
81006044
OCLC/WorldCat
7551785
Library Thing
6055
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897008

Work Description

"The Soul of a New Machine" is a non-fiction book written by Tracy Kidder and published in 1981. It chronicles the experiences of a computer engineering team racing to design a next-generation computer at a blistering pace under tremendous pressure. The machine was launched in 1980 as the Data General Eclipse MV/8000. The book won the 1982 National Book Award for Non-fiction and a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.

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