An edition of The Soul of a New Machine (1981)

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An edition of The Soul of a New Machine (1981)

The soul of a new machine

by

  • ★★★★ 4.1 (15 ratings) ·
  • 142 Want to read
  • 12 Currently reading
  • 21 Have read

Offers a behind-the-scenes look at the high technology computer industry, observing a crash program to develop a highly complicated machine and the people involved in this competitive business.

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Publisher
Avon
Language
English
Pages
293

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Previews available in: English French

Subjects

minicomputers, Informatica, Ordinateurs, Design and construction, Ouvrages de vulgarisation, Computer engineering, Conception et construction, Electronic digital computers, Data General Corporation, Popular works, History, Electronic digital computers, design and construction, New York Times reviewed, open_syllabus_project, Architecture des ordinateurs, Miniordinateur

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Data General

Times

Late 1970s

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Cover of: The Soul Of A New Machine
The Soul Of A New Machine
June 1, 2000, Back Bay Books
Paperback in English
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The soul of a new machine
1997, Modern Library
in English
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The soul of a new machine
1990, Avon
in English
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The Soul of a New Machine
1982, Avon
in English
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Cover of: The soul of a new machine
The soul of a new machine
1982, Avon
in English
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Eagle
1982, Flammarion
in French
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Classifications

Library of Congress
TK7885.4 .K53, TK7885.4 .K53 1982

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Pagination
293 p.;
Number of pages
293

ID Numbers

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OL18441794M
Internet Archive
soulofnewmachine00kiddrich
ISBN 10
0380599317
LCCN
81006044
OCLC/WorldCat
10510127, 8699511
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6055
Goodreads
1246309

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"The Soul of a New Machine" is a non-fiction book written by Tracy Kidder and published in 1981. It chronicles the experiences of a computer engineering team racing to design a next-generation computer at a blistering pace under tremendous pressure. The machine was launched in 1980 as the Data General Eclipse MV/8000. The book won the 1982 National Book Award for Non-fiction and a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.

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