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

The soul of a new machine

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

The soul of a new machine

  • 4.1 (15 ratings) ·
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  • 12 Currently reading
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"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, The Soul of a New Machine was a bestseller on its first publication in 1981. With the touch of an expert thriller writer, Tracy Kidder recounts the feverish efforts of a team of Data General researchers to create a new 32-bit superminicomputer. A compelling account of individual sacrifice and human ingenuity, The Soul of a New Machine endures as the classic chronicle of the computer age and the masterminds behind its technological advances.".

"Tracy Kidder has written a new Introduction to this Modern Library edition."--BOOK JACKET.

Publish Date
Publisher
Modern Library
Language
English
Pages
384

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Edition Availability
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
1982, Avon
in English
Cover of: The Soul of a New Machine
The Soul of a New Machine
1982, Avon
in English
Cover of: Eagle
Eagle
1982, Flammarion
in French

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Edition Notes

Series statement from book jacket.
"Originally published in 1981 by Little Brown and Company"--T.p. verso.

Published in
New York
Series
[The modern library of the world's best books]

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
621.382/2/0285416
Library of Congress
QA76.17 .K53 1997, QA76.17.K53 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 384 p. ;
Number of pages
384

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1011386M
Internet Archive
soulofnewmachine0000kidd_u1e6
ISBN 10
0679602615
LCCN
96051975
OCLC/WorldCat
36112109
Library Thing
6055
Goodreads
897004

Work Description

"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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