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Hackers: Heroes of the computer revolution

By Steven Levy

Book information

Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Year
2010
ISBN
1449388396, 9781449388393
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2424447 bytes)
Edition
25th anniversary
Pages
520\520
Topic
Computers Security
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56

Description

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. With updated material from noteworthy hackers such as Bill Gates, Mark Zukerberg, 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.

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