Valley of genius: the uncensored history of Silicon Valley, as told by the hackers, founders, and freaks who made it boom
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New York : Twelve, 2018.
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xvi, 494 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"Rarely has one economy asserted itself as swiftly--and as aggressively--as the entity we now know as Silicon Valley. Built with a seemingly permanent culture of reinvention, Silicon Valley does not fight change; it embraces it, and now powers the American economy and global innovation. So how did this omnipotent and ever-morphing place come to be? It was not by planning. It was, like many an empire before it, part luck, part timing, and part ambition. And part pure, unbridled genius... Drawing on over two hundred in-depth interviews, VALLEY OF GENIUS takes readers from the dawn of the personal computer and the internet, through the heyday of the web, up to the very moment when our current technological reality was invented. It interweaves accounts of invention and betrayal, overnight success and underground exploits, to tell the story of Silicon Valley like it has never been told before. Read it to discover the stories that Valley insiders tell each other: the tall tales that are all, improbably, true." --

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Includes index.
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"Rarely has one economy asserted itself as swiftly--and as aggressively--as the entity we now know as Silicon Valley. Built with a seemingly permanent culture of reinvention, Silicon Valley does not fight change; it embraces it, and now powers the American economy and global innovation. So how did this omnipotent and ever-morphing place come to be? It was not by planning. It was, like many an empire before it, part luck, part timing, and part ambition. And part pure, unbridled genius... Drawing on over two hundred in-depth interviews, VALLEY OF GENIUS takes readers from the dawn of the personal computer and the internet, through the heyday of the web, up to the very moment when our current technological reality was invented. It interweaves accounts of invention and betrayal, overnight success and underground exploits, to tell the story of Silicon Valley like it has never been told before. Read it to discover the stories that Valley insiders tell each other: the tall tales that are all, improbably, true." -- ,From goodreads.com.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Fisher, A. (2018). Valley of genius: the uncensored history of Silicon Valley, as told by the hackers, founders, and freaks who made it boom. First edition. New York, Twelve.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Fisher, Adam. 2018. Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley, As Told By the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom. New York, Twelve.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Fisher, Adam, Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley, As Told By the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom. New York, Twelve, 2018.

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Fisher, Adam. Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley, As Told By the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom. First edition. New York, Twelve, 2018.

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