The Soul of a New Machine
by Kidder, Tracy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0316491705
- ISBN 13
- 9780316491709
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Atlantic Little, Brown and Company, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Sixth Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($13.95), toned at the flaps, faded at the spine. Quarter blue cloth, pushed at the head and foot of the spine, red paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. Kidder's work diving into the computer research team at Data General.
Synopsis
Tracy Kidder's non-fiction book, The Soul of a New Machine, chronicles the experiences of an engineering team racing to design a next generation computer under a blistering schedule and tremendous pressure. Published in 1981, it won a Pulitzer Prize and an American Book Award.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9357
- Title
- The Soul of a New Machine
- Author
- Kidder, Tracy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0316491705
- ISBN 13
- 9780316491709
- Publisher
- Atlantic Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Computer Science, Hacking, Technology,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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