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Steve Jobs
A Biography
Book Summary
Draws on more than 40 interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, friends, competitors and colleagues, to offer a look at the co-founder and leading creative force behind the Apple computer company.
Awards and Recognition
27 weeks on NPR Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller List
This book is about:
- Jobs, Steve,
- Computer engineers,
- Businessmen,
- Biography,
- United States
NPR stories about Steve Jobs
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The Lives Of Geniuses: Five Brilliant Biographies
After Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs died just over two months ago, President Obama noted, "There may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented." Indeed, there's no doubt that the man responsible for the Macintosh computer, iPhone and iPad forever changed the way the world communicates. In his new biography of Jobs, Walter Isaacson explains how the skinny teenager with a fondness for pranks and LSD became... more
—Michael Schaub
Author Interviews
Jobs' Biography: Thoughts On Life, Death And Apple
October 25, 2011 After Steve Jobs was diagnosed with cancer, he asked Walter Isaacson to write his biography. The new book tells the personal story of the man behind the personal computer — from his childhood in California to his thoughts on family, friends, death and religion.
Author Interviews
New Biography Quotes Jobs On God, Gates, Great Design
October 25, 2011 Biographer Walter Isaacson draws on more than 40 interviews with the late Apple co-founder in his new book, Steve Jobs. Isaacson describes how Jobs grappled with being adopted, how he became a notoriously demanding boss, and how he fought the cancer that eventually killed him.
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