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By the time Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973 he had become according to the Gallup Poll the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture the worlds imagination Yet Kissinger was also reviled by large segments of the American public ranging from liberal intellectuals to conservative activists Kissinger explores the relationship between this complex mans personality and the foreign policy he pursued Drawing on extensive interviews with Kissinger as well as 150 other sources including US presidents and his business clients this first fulllength biography makes use of many of Kissingers private papers and classified memos to tell his uniquely American story The result is an intimate narrative filled with surprising revelations that takes this centurys most colorful statesman from his childhood as a persecuted Jew in Nazi Germany through his tortured relationship with Richard Nixon to his later years as a globetrotting business consultant
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This exclusive boxed set from beloved New York Times bestselling author Walter Isaacson features his definitive biographies Steve Jobs Einstein Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo da Vinci If anybody in America understands genius its Walter Isaacson SalonCelebrated historian journalist and bestselling author Walter Isaacsons biography collection of geniuses now available in one boxed setthe perfect gift for history lovers everywhere Steve Jobs The enthralling The New Yorker worldwide bestselling biography of legendary Apple cofounder Steve Jobs The story of the rollercoaster life and intense creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries personal computers animated movies music phones tablet computing and digital publishing Isaacsons portrait touched millions of readers Einstein How did his mind work What made him a genius Isaacsons biography of Albert Einsteinalso the basis for the tenpart National Geographic series starring Geoffrey Rushshows how Einsteins scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom Benjamin Franklin In this colorful and intimate narrative Isaacson provides the full sweep of Ben Franklins amazing life showing how the most fascinating Founding Father helped forge the American national identity Leonardo da Vinci Historys consummate innovator and most creative thinker Isaacson illustrates how Leonardos genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves such as passionate curiosity careful observation and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy
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This exclusive boxed set from beloved New York Times bestselling author Walter Isaacson features his definitive biographies Steve Jobs Einstein Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo da Vinci If anybody in America understands genius its Walter Isaacson SalonCelebrated historian journalist and bestselling author Walter Isaacsons biography collection of geniuses now available in one boxed setthe perfect gift for history lovers everywhere Steve Jobs The enthralling The New Yorker worldwide bestselling biography of legendary Apple cofounder Steve Jobs The story of the rollercoaster life and intense creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries personal computers animated movies music phones tablet computing and digital publishing Isaacsons portrait touched millions of readers Einstein How did his mind work What made him a genius Isaacsons biography of Albert Einsteinalso the basis for the tenpart National Geographic series starring Geoffrey Rushshows how Einsteins scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom Benjamin Franklin In this colorful and intimate narrative Isaacson provides the full sweep of Ben Franklins amazing life showing how the most fascinating Founding Father helped forge the American national identity Leonardo da Vinci Historys consummate innovator and most creative thinker Isaacson illustrates how Leonardos genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves such as passionate curiosity careful observation and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy
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From bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs In Steve Jobs The Exclusive Biography Isaacson provides an extraordinary account of Jobs professional and personal life Drawn from three years of exclusive and unprecedented interviews Isaacson has conducted with Jobs as well as extensive interviews with Jobs family members key colleagues from Apple and its competitors Steve Jobs The Exclusive Biography is the definitive portrait of the greatest innovator of his generation
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From Walter Isaacson the New York Times bestselling author of Einstein His Life and Universe comes Einstein The Life of a Genius a unique new look at the 20th century scientific icon featuring 180 stunning photographs and rare removable facsimile documents In this compelling and provocative biography Isaacson draws on new research and personal documents belonging to Einstein only recently made available to reveal the fascinating man behind the science from his early years and experiments to his role in the development of the atomic bomb
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The 1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is a study in creativity how to define it how to achieve itMost important it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life The New YorkerBased on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vincis astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work Walter Isaacson deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo San Francisco Chronicle in a narrative that connects his art to his science He shows how Leonardos genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves such as passionate curiosity careful observation and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy He produced the two most famous paintings in history The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa With a passion that sometimes became obsessive he pursued innovative studies of anatomy fossils birds the heart flying machines botany geology and weaponry He explored the math of optics showed how light rays strike the cornea and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man made him historys most creative genius In the luminous Daily Beast Leonardo da Vinci Isaacson describes how Leonardos delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity So too does his ease at being a bit of a misfit illegitimate gay vegetarian lefthanded easily distracted and at times heretical His life should remind us of the importance to be imaginative and like talented rebels in any era to think different Here da Vinci comes to life in all his remarkable brilliance and oddity in Walter Isaacsons ambitious new biographya vigorous insightful portrait The Washington Post
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Ciacuterculo de Lectores Barcelona 2008 24 cm 733 p 16 p de laacutem il Encuadernacioacuten en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada Isaacson Walter 1952 Traduccioacuten de Francisco J Ramos Bibliografiacutea p 687701 Iacutendice Traduccioacuten de Einstein Einstein Albert 18791955 Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y sentildeales de su anterior propietario ISBN 9788467231427
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Based on more than forty exclusive and unprecedented interviews with Apple cofounder Steve Jobsas well as interviews with more than a hundred faimly members friends adversaries competitors and colleaguesWalter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the rollercoaster life and intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and freocious drive revolutionized six industries personal computers animated movies music phones tablet computing and digital publishing His tale is instructive and cautionary filled with lessons about innovation character leadership and values
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The 1 New York Times Bestseller Walter Isaacson is not an art historian hes simply a lover of Leonardo who manages to communicate the sheer joy of this remarkable manBooks of the Year The Times Walter Isaacson keeps the mortal man to the fore For all his supernatural gifts as an artist and natural scientist Leonardo was resolutely human illegitimate vegan in need of patrons rather than the near deity of legend Isaacson is an assured guide to Leonardos fallibility so many projects started so few completed as well as his extraordinary curiosity and his even more remarkable painterly skills that were sharpened by intense observation Michael Prodger Books of the Year The Sunday TimesInfinitely curious easily distracted vain and vegetarian Leonardo is brought to vivid life in this accomplished biography The SundayTimes an illuminating guide to the output of one of the last millenniums greatest minds The Observer Isaacson doesnt claim to make any fresh discoveries but his book is intelligently organised simply written and beautifully illustrated Book of the Day The Guardian Isaacsons scholarship is impressivehe cites not only primary sources but secondary materials by art critics essayists and da Vincis other biographers This is a monumental tribute to a titanic figure Publishers WeeklyA powerful story of an exhilarating mind and lifea study in creativity how to define it how to achieve itThe New YorkerVigorous insightfulThe Washington PostA masterpieceSan Francisco ChronicleLuminousThe Daily Beast To read this magnificent biography of Leonardo da Vinci is to take a tour through the life and works of one of the most extraordinary human beings of all time in the company of the most engaging informed and insightful guide imaginable Walter Isaacson is at once a true scholar and a spellbinding writer And what a wealth of lessons there are to be learned in these pages David McCullou
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À partir dune quarantaine dinterviews exclusives et de multiples rencontres avec sa famille ses proches ses collaborateurs ses amis comme ses adversaires Walter Isaacson a reconstitué dune façon magistrale et passionnée la vie loeuvre et la pensée du fondateur dApple lun des plus grands innovateurs et visionnaires de notre époqueUne biographie passionnante qui révèle combien les détours apparents dun parcours individuel constituent les étapes décisives dans les destinées humaines Un vrai roman celui dun homme qui na cessé de ses dépasser et de transformer le monde mais qui était avant tout un homme Valérie Segond La Tribune
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La mort de Steve Jobs ha commogut el món Després de tenirhi més de quaranta entrevistes en els darrers dos anys i amb més dun centenar de persones del seu entorn familiars amics adversaris i collegues Walter Isaacson ens presenta lúnica biografia escrita amb la collaboració de Jobs el retrat definitiu duna de les icones indiscutibles del nostre temps la crònica de lagitada vida i la desgastant personalitat dun geni que amb la seva creativitat energia i afany de perfeccionisme va revolucionar sis indústries la informàtica el cine danimació la música la telefonia les tauletes i ledició digital Conscient que la millor manera de crear valor al segle XXI és connectar la creativitat amb la tecnologia Jobs va fundar una empresa en la qual els impressionants salts de la imaginació van de bracet de sorprenents fites tecnològiques Tot i que Jobs va collaborar en el llibre no va voler controlar el contingut ni tan sols exercir el dret a llegirlo abans de la publicació No va defugir cap tema i va encoratjar la gent que coneixia a parlar amb franquesa He fet moltes coses de les quals no em sento orgullós com deixar la mevanovia embarassada
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The 1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is a study in creativity how to define it how to achieve itMost important it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life The New YorkerBased on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vincis astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work Walter Isaacson deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo San Francisco Chronicle in a narrative that connects his art to his science He shows how Leonardos genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves such as passionate curiosity careful observation and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy He produced the two most famous paintings in history The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa With a passion that sometimes became obsessive he pursued innovative studies of anatomy fossils birds the heart flying machines botany geology and weaponry He explored the math of optics showed how light rays strike the cornea and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man made him historys most creative genius In the luminous Daily Beast Leonardo da Vinci Isaacson describes how Leonardos delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity So too does his ease at being a bit of a misfit illegitimate gay vegetarian lefthanded easily distracted and at times heretical His life should remind us of the importance to be imaginative and like talented rebels in any era to think different Here da Vinci comes to life in all his remarkable brilliance and oddity in Walter Isaacsons ambitious new biographya vigorous insightful portrait The Washington Post
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Dray captures the genius and ingenuity of Franklins scientific thinking and then does something even more fascinating He shows how science shaped his diplomacy politics and Enlightenment philosophyWalter Isaacson author of Benjamin Franklin An American LifeToday we think of Benjamin Franklin as a founder of American independence who also dabbled in science But in Franklins day the era of Enlightenment long before he was an eminent statesman he was famous for his revolutionary scientific work Pulitzer Prize finalist Philip Dray uses the evolution of Franklins scientific curiosity and empirical thinking as a metaphor for Americas struggle to establish its fundamental values He recounts how Franklin unlocked one of the greatest natural mysteries of his day the seemingly unknowable powers of lightning and electricity Rich in historical detail and based on numerous primary sources Stealing Gods Thunder is a fascinating original look at one of our most beloved and complex founding fathers
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On the heels of Walter Isaacsons beloved new biography Fall 2017 and increased media attention as 2019 marks the 500th anniversary of the artists death this books appeal will extend beyond the devoted and numerous members of Leonardos audience to reach a popular oneThe most comprehensive collection of Leonardo da Vincis drawings provides an intimate look at the mind and hand of the genius
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Ada Lovelace like Steve Jobs stands at the intersection of arts and technologyWalter Isaacson author of The InnovatorsOver 150 years after her death a widelyused scientific computer program was named Ada after Ada Lovelace the only legitimate daughter of the eighteenth centurys version of a rock star Lord Byron WhyBecause after computer pioneers such as Alan Turing began to rediscover her it slowly became apparent that she had been a key but overlooked figure in the invention of the computerIn Ada Lovelace James Essinger makes the case that the computer age could have started two centuries ago if Lovelaces contemporaries had recognized her research and fully grasped its implicationsIts a remarkable tale starting with the outrageous behavior of her father which made Ada instantly famous upon birth Ada would go on to overcome numerous obstacles to obtain a level of education typically forbidden to women of her day She would eventually join forces with Charles Babbage generally credited with inventing the computer although as Essinger makes clear Babbage couldnt have done it without Lovelace Indeed Lovelace wrote what is today considered the worlds first computer programdespite opposition that the principles of science were beyond the strength of a womans physical power of applicationBased on ten years of research and filled with fascinating characters and observations of the period not to mention numerous illustrations Essinger tells Adas fascinating story in unprecedented detail to absorbing and inspiring effect
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The 1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is a study in creativity how to define it how to achieve itMost important it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life The New YorkerBased on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vincis astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work Walter Isaacson deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo San Francisco Chronicle in a narrative that connects his art to his science He shows how Leonardos genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves such as passionate curiosity careful observation and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy He produced the two most famous paintings in history The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa With a passion that sometimes became obsessive he pursued innovative studies of anatomy fossils birds the heart flying machines botany geology and weaponry He explored the math of optics showed how light rays strike the cornea and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man made him historys most creative genius In the luminous Daily Beast Leonardo da Vinci Isaacson describes how Leonardos delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity So too does his ease at being a bit of a misfit illegitimate gay vegetarian lefthanded easily distracted and at times heretical His life should remind us of the importance to be imaginative and like talented rebels in any era to think different Here da Vinci comes to life in all his remarkable brilliance and oddity in Walter Isaacsons ambitious new biographya vigorous insightful portrait The Washington Post
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Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs The Innovators is Walter Isaacsons revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happensWhat were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities What led to their creative leaps Why did some succeed and others failIn his masterly saga Isaacson begins with Ada Lovelace Lord Byrons daughter who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s He explores the fascinating personalities that created our current digital revolution such as Vannevar Bush Alan Turing John von Neumann JCR Licklider Doug Engelbart Robert Noyce Bill Gates Steve Wozniak Steve Jobs Tim BernersLee and Larry Page This is the story of how their minds worked and what made them so inventive Its also a narrative of how their ability to collaborate and master the art of teamwork made them even more creativeFor an era that seeks to foster innovation creativity and teamwork The Innovators shows how they happen
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A New amp Noteworthy selection of The New York Times Book Review Alexis Clark illuminates a whole corner of unknown World War II history Walter Isaacson New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci An irresistible human story Clarks voice is engaging and her tale universal Jon Meacham Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Thomas Jefferson The Art of Power and American Lion Andrew Jackson in the White House A true and deeply moving narrative of forbidden love during World War II and a shocking hidden history of race on the home front This is a love story like no other Elinor Powell was an African American nurse in the US military during World War II Frederick Albert was a soldier in Hitlers army captured by the Allies and shipped to a prisonerofwar camp in the Arizona desert Like most other black nurses Elinor pulled a secondclass assignment in a dusty sunbakedand segregatedWestern town The army figured that the risk of fraternization between black nurses and white German POWs was almost nil Brought together by unlikely circumstances in a racist world Elinor and Frederick should have been bitter enemies but instead at the height of World War II they fell in love Their dramatic story was unearthed by journalist Alexis Clark who through years of interviews and historical research has pieced together an astounding narrative of race and true love in the cauldron of war Based on a New York Times story by Clark that drew national attention Enemies in Love paints a tableau of dreams deferred and of love struggling to survive twentyfive years before the Supreme Courts Loving decision legalizing mixedrace marriagerevealing the surprising possibilities for human connection during one of historys most violent conflicts
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Steve Jobs A Biography Japanese Edition Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two yearsas well as interviews with more than a hundred family members friends adversaries competitors and colleaguesWalter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries personal computers animated movies music phones tablet computing and digital publishing At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge and when societies around the world are trying to build digitalage economies Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination He knew that the best way to create value in the twentyfirst century was to connect creativity with technology He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering Although Jobs cooperated with this book he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published He put nothing offlimits He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly And Jobs speaks candidly sometimes brutally so about the people he worked with and competed against His friends foes and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions perfectionism obsessions artistry devilry and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted
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Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two yearsas well as interviews with more than a hundred family members friends adversaries competitors and colleaguesWalter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries personal computers animated movies music phones tablet computing and digital publishingAt a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge and when societies around the world are trying to build digitalage economies Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination He knew that the best way to create value in the twentyfirst century was to connect creativity with technology He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineeringAlthough Jobs cooperated with this book he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published He put nothing offlimits He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly And Jobs speaks candidly sometimes brutally so about the people he worked with and competed against His friends foes and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions perfectionism obsessions artistry devilry and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resultedDriven by demons Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair But his personality and products were interrelated just as Apples hardware and software tended to be as if part of an integrated system His tale is instructive and cautionary filled with lessons about innovation character leadership and values
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