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An edition of What the dormouse said (2005)

What the dormouse said

how the sixties counterculture shaped the personal computer industry

by

  • 5 Want to read

Most histories of the personal computer industry focus on technology or business. John Markoff's landmark book is about the culture and consciousness behind the first PCs—the culture being counter– and the consciousness expanded, sometimes chemically. It's a brilliant evocation of Stanford, California, in the 1960s and '70s, where a group of visionaries set out to turn computers into a means for freeing minds and information. In these pages one encounters Ken Kesey and the phone hacker Cap'n Crunch, est and LSD, The Whole Earth Catalog and the Homebrew Computer Lab. What the Dormouse Said is a poignant, funny, and inspiring book by one of the smartest technology writers around.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
310

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Subjects

Computer Technology, Computer industry, Computers and civilization, History, Microcomputers, Nineteen sixties, Nonfiction, Sociology, Computers, history

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Cover of: What the Dormouse Said
What the Dormouse Said
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
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Cover of: What the dormouse said
What the dormouse said: how the sixties counterculture shaped the personal computer industry
2006, Penguin Books
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What the dormouse said--: how the sixties counterculture shaped the personal computer industry
2005, Viking
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index

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New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
QA76.17 .M37 2006, QA76.17, QA76.17 .M37 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiii, 310 p. :
Number of pages
310

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17217886M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0143036769
ISBN 13
9780143036760
LCCN
2004061181
OCLC/WorldCat
57068812, 64695919
Library Thing
68408
Goodreads
725789

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