Description
By Steven Levy
Published by O'Reilly Media (http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920010227)
Relive the Computer Revolution
This 25th anniversary edition of Steven Levy’s classic book traces 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. Hackers is a fascinating story that begins in early computer research labs and leads to the first home computers.
With updated material from noteworthy hackers such as Bill Gates, Mark Zukerberg, Richard Stallman, and Steve Wozniak, Levy profiles the imaginative brainiacs who found clever and unorthodox solutions to computer engineering problems. Learn about the values they shared, known as "the hacker ethic," that still thrives today.
About the Author:
Steven Levy is a senior writer for Wired, and formerly the chief technology writer and senior editor for Newsweek. Levy has written six books, including Crypto (Penguin), and has had articles published in Harper’s, Macworld, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Premiere, and Rolling Stone.
Superb Reading Features
Through a partnership between O'Reilly Media and Lexcycle, this app includes the same features that have made Stanza an iPhone phenomenon with over a million downloads:
* Full book text search
* Several fonts and themes to choose from
* Built-in dictionary
* The ability to add annotations
* Landscape view
* Extensive cross-referencing and working hyperlinks
* Zoom function for images and screenshots
About O'Reilly Media
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About Lexcycle
Lexcycle is the creator of Stanza Bookbinder which was used to create this standalone book application. Stanza Bookbinder is based on the popular iPhone Ebook reading application, Stanza. For more information about Stanza, visit www.lexcycle.com.
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Customer Reviews
Epic.
For someone who loves web programming, and is learning c++, or just wanting the background on hacking, I give this 6/5. It not only tells you how the hacking scene was started, it also explains why. :D I <3 it
Interesting
Even though I'm not nerd but I was impressed when I read that bill gate was a hacker, apple hired couple teenager because they are young to be that good coder
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- $6.99
- Category: Books
- Released: Jun 09, 2010
- Version: 1.0
- Size: 6.5 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: O'Reilly Media, Inc
- © Steven Levy
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 2.0 or later
