Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
From the author of the bestselling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive, New York Times bestselling biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, a...
Publish Date
2011-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
2011-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads rating
4.14
ISBN
9781451648539
Categories
Recommendations
9
Recommendations
I’m fascinated by the discussion of how Jobs developed what became known as the Reality Distortion Field. Apparently Jobs had a lifelong battle with reality and won. – source
2021-05-31T15:10:15.000Z
I read @WalterIsaacson’ biography on Steve Jobs a few years ago. Then I listened to his book on @doudna_lab. Simply brilliant. Thus had to listen to his book on Leonardo da Vinci. Fantastic. Now ordering his biographies on Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. 🙏🙏🙏 – source2015-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
For Chesky, a source may come in the form of a biography of a business hero such as Steve Jobs or Walt Disney. – sourceWhen I read this book I was so blown away. I had underlined about three-quarters of the book. – source
Really did a good job of capturing the way that an innovation leader’s mind works. – source