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Hackers : [heroes of the computer revolution]

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"The exploits of the computer revolution's original hackers---those brilliant and eccentric nerds from the late 1950s through the early ̀80s who took risks, bent the rules, and pushed the world in a radical new direction. With updated material from noteworthy hackers such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Stallman, and Steve Wozniak, Hackers is a fascinating story that begins in early computer research labs and leads to the first home computers." "Levy profiles the imaginative brainiacs who found clever and unorthodox solutions to computer engineering problems. They had a shared sense of values, known as "the Hacker Ethic," that still thrives today. Hackers captures a seminal period in recent history when underground activities blazed a trail for today's digital world, from MIT students finagling access to clunky computer-card machines to the DIY culture that spawned the Altair and the Apple II." "If you want to change the world in some big way, that's where you should start---biological molecules. Those are all pretty deep problems that need the same type of crazy fanaticism of youthful genius and naiveté that drove the PC industry, and can have the same impact on the human condition."--Bill Gates, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation"--Jacket

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Title

Hackers : [heroes of the computer revolution]

Call No

QA76.6

Edition

1st ed. ; [25th anniv. ed.].

Authors

Levy, Steven

Subjects

Hackers.
Hackers--Interviews.
Hackers--Psychology.
Computer crimes.
Computer security.

Language

English

Published

Beijing ; [Sebastopol, Calif.] : O'Reilly, 2010.

Publication Desc

xvi, 499 pages ;

ISBN

9781449388393 (pbk.)

Target Audience

Unknown or not specified

Dimensions

22 cm

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Summary Note

"The exploits of the computer revolution's original hackers---those brilliant and eccentric nerds from the late 1950s through the early ̀80s who took risks, bent the rules, and pushed the world in a radical new direction. With updated material from noteworthy hackers such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Stallman, and Steve Wozniak, Hackers is a fascinating story that begins in early computer research labs and leads to the first home computers." "Levy profiles the imaginative brainiacs who found clever and unorthodox solutions to computer engineering problems. They had a shared sense of values, known as "the Hacker Ethic," that still thrives today. Hackers captures a seminal period in recent history when underground activities blazed a trail for today's digital world, from MIT students finagling access to clunky computer-card machines to the DIY culture that spawned the Altair and the Apple II." "If you want to change the world in some big way, that's where you should start---biological molecules. Those are all pretty deep problems that need the same type of crazy fanaticism of youthful genius and naiveté that drove the PC industry, and can have the same impact on the human condition."--Bill Gates, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation"--Jacket

General Note

Subtitle from cover.
"This 25th anniversary edition of Steven Levy's classic book ..."--Page 4 of cover.

Content Note

pt. I. True hackers : Cambridge : the fifties and sixties. The tech model railroad club -- The hacker ethic -- Spacewar -- Greenblatt and Gosper -- The midnight computer wiring society -- Winners and losers -- Life -- pt. II. Hardware hackers : Northern California : the seventies. Revolt in 2100 -- Every man a god -- The homebrew computer club -- Tiny BASIC -- Woz -- Secrets -- pt. III: Game hackers : the Sierras: the eighties. The wizard and the princess -- The brotherhood -- The third generation -- Summer camp -- Frogger -- Applefest -- Wizard vs. wizards -- pt. IV. The last of true hackers : Cambridge : 1983. The last of the true hackers -- Afterword: ten years after -- Afterword: 2010.