In December 2015, Simon & Schuster published a revised electronic edition of The Innovators, which corrected significant errors and omissions in the original edition's Chapter 9, which covers Software. Isaacson – who in researching the book interviewed Bill Gates but not Paul Allen – had assigned virtually all credit for the company's early innovations and success to Gates, when in fact they were the product of highly collaborative efforts by several people, including Allen. In the revised edition, among other edits, Isaacson includes archival material from 1981 in which Gates credits Allen for being the “idea man” in charge of R&D at Microsoft, while he, Gates, was “the frontman running the business.”[3]
In the 2019 three-part Netflix docuseries, Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates, this conflict is briefly mentioned by who appears to be Gates's secretary as she goes over the books that Gates was reading at the time of recording.
Isaacson explains in his book that, as he was writing about Wikipedia and how it worked, he decided that his book should be collectively examined in a Wikipedia manner. A draft was hence uploaded on Medium, allowing thousands of readers to make dozens of comments to correct and improve the book.
^"Interview with Walter Isaacson (with transcript)". Charlie Rose. PBS. October 13, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
^The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. books.simonandschuster.com. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. 7 October 2014. ISBN9781442376229. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
^Isaacson, Walter (December 2015). The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. Simon & Schuster. ISBN978-1471138799.
External links
Simon & Schuster Publisher's article on The Innovators
Discussion with Isaacson on The Innovators at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, October 14, 2014
Discussion with Isaacson The Innovators at the Miami Book Fair International, November 22, 2014
You can look it up: The Wikipedia story – excerpt from The Innovators
February 15, 2023
innovators, book, innovators, group, hackers, geniuses, geeks, created, digital, revolution, overview, history, computer, science, digital, revolution, written, walter, isaacson, published, 2014, simon, schuster, innovators, group, hackers, geniuses, geeks, cr. The Innovators How a Group of Hackers Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution is an overview of the history of computer science and the Digital Revolution It was written by Walter Isaacson and published in 2014 by Simon amp Schuster The Innovators How a Group of Hackers Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital RevolutionAuthorWalter IsaacsonCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenreBiographyPublisherSimon amp SchusterPublication dateOctober 7 2014Media typeE book print hardback and paperback audiobookPages488ISBN1 4767 0869 XOCLC876012030Preceded bySteve Jobs Followed byLeonardo Da Vinci The book summarizes the contributions of several innovators who have made pivotal breakthroughs in computer technology and its applications from the world s first computer programmer Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing s work in artificial intelligence through the Information Age of the present 1 2 Contents 1 Corrections 2 Innovators by chapter 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCorrections EditIn December 2015 Simon amp Schuster published a revised electronic edition of The Innovators which corrected significant errors and omissions in the original edition s Chapter 9 which covers Software Isaacson who in researching the book interviewed Bill Gates but not Paul Allen had assigned virtually all credit for the company s early innovations and success to Gates when in fact they were the product of highly collaborative efforts by several people including Allen In the revised edition among other edits Isaacson includes archival material from 1981 in which Gates credits Allen for being the idea man in charge of R amp D at Microsoft while he Gates was the frontman running the business 3 In the 2019 three part Netflix docuseries Inside Bill s Brain Decoding Bill Gates this conflict is briefly mentioned by who appears to be Gates s secretary as she goes over the books that Gates was reading at the time of recording Isaacson explains in his book that as he was writing about Wikipedia and how it worked he decided that his book should be collectively examined in a Wikipedia manner A draft was hence uploaded on Medium allowing thousands of readers to make dozens of comments to correct and improve the book Innovators by chapter EditInnovators discussed in the book by chapter Chapter 1 Ada Countess of Lovelace Charles Babbage Ada Lovelace Chapter 2 The Computer Herman Hollerith Vannevar Bush Konrad Zuse Alan Turing George Stibitz Claude Shannon Howard Aiken John Atanasoff John Mauchly J Presper Eckert Chapter 3 Programming Grace Hopper Richard Bloch Jean Jennings John von Neumann Chapter 4 The Transistor John Bardeen William Shockley Walter Brattain Patrick Haggerty Robert Noyce Gordon Moore Chapter 5 The Microchip Jack Kilby Arthur Rock Andy Grove Ted Hoff Jean Hoerni Chapter 6 Video Games Steve Russell Nolan Bushnell Chapter 7 The Internet J C R Licklider Robert Taylor Larry Roberts Paul Baran Donald Davies Leonard Kleinrock Vint Cerf Bob Kahn Chapter 8 The Personal Computer Ken Kesey Stewart Brand Doug Engelbart Alan Kay Lee Felsenstien Ed Roberts Chapter 9 Software Paul Allen Bill Gates Steve Wozniak Steve Jobs Richard Stallman Linus Torvalds Dan Bricklin Chapter 10 Online William von Meister Steve Case Al Gore Chapter 11 The Web Tim Berners Lee Marc Andreessen Justin Hall Ev Williams Ward Cunningham Jimmy Wales Larry Page Sergey Brin Chapter 12 Ada ForeverSee also Edit Books portal History portal Politics portal Science portal United States portal2014 in literatureReferences Edit Interview with Walter Isaacson with transcript Charlie Rose PBS October 13 2014 Retrieved October 5 2018 The Innovators How a Group of Hackers Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution books simonandschuster com New York NY Simon amp Schuster 7 October 2014 ISBN 9781442376229 Retrieved 2014 10 24 Isaacson Walter December 2015 The Innovators How a Group of Inventors Hackers Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Simon amp Schuster ISBN 978 1471138799 External links EditSimon amp Schuster Publisher s article on The Innovators Discussion with Isaacson on The Innovators at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View California October 14 2014 Discussion with Isaacson The Innovators at the Miami Book Fair International November 22 2014 You can look it up The Wikipedia story excerpt from The Innovators Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Innovators book amp oldid 1129585674, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
