Hackers
Heroes of the Computer Revolution
by Steven Levy
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“Incredibly well written tale of our times. | My favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley: Troublemakers by Berlin The new new thing by Lewis Dealers of lightning by Hitzik Hackers by Levy Would love to hear any other recommendations. Haven?t read a great one about Intel or HP | My favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley: Troublemakers by Berlin The new new thing by Lewis Dealers of lightning by Hitzik Hackers by Levy Would love to hear any other recommendations. Haven’t read a great one about Intel or HP | Reading Hackers by @StevenLevy on recommendation by @ID_AA_Carmack with my son. How I wish I could time travel back and toss this book into my teenage hands. How did I miss this. | This book changed my life when it came out. I was probably around 12 years old. It made me want to be a hacker. But not a criminal — a hero of the computer revolution.”
Source →“Incredibly well written tale of our times. | My favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley: Troublemakers by Berlin The new new thing by Lewis Dealers of lightning by Hitzik Hackers by Levy Would love to hear any other recommendations. Haven?t read a great one about Intel or HP | My favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley: Troublemakers by Berlin The new new thing by Lewis Dealers of lightning by Hitzik Hackers by Levy Would love to hear any other recommendations. Haven’t read a great one about Intel or HP | Reading Hackers by @StevenLevy on recommendation by @ID_AA_Carmack with my son. How I wish I could time travel back and toss this book into my teenage hands. How did I miss this. | This book changed my life when it came out. I was probably around 12 years old. It made me want to be a hacker. But not a criminal — a hero of the computer revolution.”
Source →“Incredibly well written tale of our times. | My favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley: Troublemakers by Berlin The new new thing by Lewis Dealers of lightning by Hitzik Hackers by Levy Would love to hear any other recommendations. Haven?t read a great one about Intel or HP | My favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley: Troublemakers by Berlin The new new thing by Lewis Dealers of lightning by Hitzik Hackers by Levy Would love to hear any other recommendations. Haven’t read a great one about Intel or HP | Reading Hackers by @StevenLevy on recommendation by @ID_AA_Carmack with my son. How I wish I could time travel back and toss this book into my teenage hands. How did I miss this. | This book changed my life when it came out. I was probably around 12 years old. It made me want to be a hacker. But not a criminal — a hero of the computer revolution.”
Source →Recommended by 5 notable people, including Ev Williams and Austen Allred
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Recommended by 10 sources and appears in Silicon Valley, Most Recommended Books, and Programming.
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 Ga...
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“Incredibly well written tale of our times. | My favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley: Troublemakers by Berlin The new new thing by Lewis Dealers of lightning by Hitzik Hackers by Levy Would love to hear any other recommendations. Haven?t read a great one about Intel or HP | My favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley: Troublemakers by Berlin The new new thing by Lewis Dealers of lightning by Hitzik Hackers by Levy Would love to hear any other recommendations. Haven’t read a great one about Intel or HP | Reading Hackers by @StevenLevy on recommendation by @ID_AA_Carmack with my son. How I wish I could time travel back and toss this book into my teenage hands. How did I miss this. | This book changed my life when it came out. I was probably around 12 years old. It made me want to be a hacker. But not a criminal — a hero of the computer revolution.”
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