The Soul of A New Machine
Powerful
Original
Candid

The Soul of A New Machine

Tracy Kidder2011
Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and 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. "Fascinating...A surprisingly gripping account of people at work." --Wall Street Journal
Sign up to use

Reviews

Photo of Bouke van der Bijl
Bouke van der Bijl@bouk
4 stars
Mar 1, 2023

This book is just good fun, in the same spirit as Masters of Doom.

Photo of Christian Witts
Christian Witts@christianwitts
5 stars
Dec 7, 2021

A great history on computer architecture from the perspective of the members of the eclipse group inside Data General.

Photo of Jon Aho
Jon Aho@jon_aho
5 stars
Jan 4, 2025
+2
Photo of Seyfeddin Başsaraç
Seyfeddin Başsaraç@seyfeddin
4.5 stars
Jul 23, 2023
Photo of Julian Sotscheck
Julian Sotscheck@juliansotscheck
5 stars
Oct 25, 2021
+3
Photo of Nick Nikolov
Nick Nikolov@nicknikolov
4 stars
Oct 20, 2023
Photo of Prayash Mohapatra
Prayash Mohapatra@prayash
5 stars
Jan 24, 2023
Photo of Arek Mycek
Arek Mycek@arekmycek
3 stars
Dec 20, 2022
Photo of Dean Sas
Dean Sas@dsas
5 stars
Dec 18, 2022
Photo of Mehmet Ali Ertürk
Mehmet Ali Ertürk@merturk
3 stars
Aug 22, 2022
Photo of Fatih Arslan
Fatih Arslan@fatiharslan
4 stars
Jul 28, 2022
Photo of Katie Day
Katie Day@librarianedge
4 stars
Feb 17, 2022
Photo of Sami Jaber
Sami Jaber@samijaber
5 stars
Feb 15, 2022
Photo of Abhishek Singh
Abhishek Singh@databhishek
5 stars
Jan 15, 2022
Photo of Ryan B Harvey
Ryan B Harvey@codeanddata
4 stars
Jan 8, 2022
Photo of David Smith
David Smith@dls
3 stars
Sep 15, 2021
Photo of Jorge Cimentada
Jorge Cimentada@cimentadaj
3 stars
Jul 19, 2021
Photo of Jeff Jewiss
Jeff Jewiss@jeff
4 stars
Jun 8, 2021

This book appears on the shelf

The Overstory
The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Crystal Cave
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
Death in Her Hands
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
Pachinko
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

This book appears on the shelf books-i-own

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
Just a Geek
Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton
Inferno - Book 4 - Robert Langdon
Inferno - Book 4 - Robert Langdon by Dan Brown
Fortunately, the Milk...
Fortunately, the Milk... by Neil Gaiman

This book appears on the shelf Fantasy

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haru...
The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Killing Commendatore
Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
These Violent Delights
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong