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

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  • ★★★★ 4.1 (15 ratings) ·
  • 142 Want to read
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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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Harper Perennial
Language
English
Pages
293

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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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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
Cover of: The soul of a new machine
The soul of a new machine
1997, Modern Library
in English
Cover of: The soul of a new machine
The soul of a new machine
1990, Avon
in English
Cover of: The Soul of a New Machine
The Soul of a New Machine
September 1, 1990, Harper Perennial
in English
Cover of: Eagle
Eagle
1982, Flammarion
in French
Cover of: The soul of a new machine
The soul of a new machine
1982, Avon
in English
Cover of: The Soul of a New Machine
The Soul of a New Machine
1982, Avon
in English

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"All the way to the horizon in the last light, the sea was just degrees of gray, rolling and frothy on the surface."

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OL7432710M
ISBN 10
038071115X
ISBN 13
9780380711154
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6055
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525803

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