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by: Jeffrey S. Young  Dewey Decimal Number: 338.76213916 EAN: 9780673188649 ISBN: 0673188647 Label: Scott Foresman Trade Manufacturer: Scott Foresman Trade Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 440 Publication Date: 1987-12 Publisher: Scott Foresman Trade Studio: Scott Foresman Trade Related Items:
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 Rating:  - "Making a dent in the Universe."I read this book in the 80's and lent it to someone, who never gave it back!! I am so pleased that Amazon has it! I just ordered it five minutes ago. Thanks Amazon!! Well, I've always said if there was no Steve Jobs and 'Woz', computers would not nearly be evolved as they are today. It was Jobs vision to "make a dent in the Universe" with the advent of the Macintosh. This book is fascinating!! From Jobs and Woz's early years at the Homebrew Computer Club, ... Read More Rating: - Great Representation of a Brilliant and Quixotic PioneerI read this work in the late 1980s, and am still impressed with it to this day. It is one of the few completely fair and complete business biographies ever written. Young does a landmark job digging into Jobs' formative years growing up as an adopted son of a machinist in pre-Silicon Valley, describes his years at Reed and India in more depth than any other author, perfectly covers his mercurial personality in both personal and professional relationships, and accurately chronicles his rise ... Read More Rating: - do you want a chance to change the world?this is an absorbing, riveting true account of how an incredible visionary inspired and cajoled both talented and ordinary people to achieve things they could never dream of. I read this shortly after Jobs was ousted from Apple in the 80s and to witness how he came back to save Apple from oblivion a decade later is one of the great comeback stories of our time. the title the journey is the reward is very zen and very much Steve Jobs in his early days ... the acid-dropping, bare-footed vegetarian ... Read More Rating: - This book is an inspirationThis book changed my life. This book inspires. This book tells about Apple from the begining. Steve Jobs and Steve Woznaik are amazing people. I recommend this book to everyone. This is one fo those books which everyone should own. Rating: - Sounds crazy, but this one DID change my lifeIt really did. The book tells both the story of Apple and Steve and though it portrayed Steve as a rather unkind person, I was almost immediately fascinated by his vision. I.m.h.o., Apple stood - and begins to stand again - for innovation and elegance in computer business. This book presents the true story about a great man, with all his flaws. Additionaly, it gives a fascinating summary of the evolution of the computer business throughout the 70s and 80s. It honors Steve Wozniak, the real genius behind the ... Read More 
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