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Accidental Empires

Accidental Empires How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition and Still Can't Get a Date

Paperback (04 Apr 1996)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This work looks at the business of computing in the US, as computer science, as a business, and as a collection of extraordinary and eccentric characters. After automobiles, energy production, and illegal drugs, personal computers are one of the largest manufacturing industries in the world, and one of the great success stories for American business. This book is linked to a Channel 4 television series entitled "The Triumph of the Nerds".

Book information

ISBN: 9780140258264
Publisher: Penguin
Imprint: Penguin
Pub date:
DEWEY: 338.4700409794
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 358
Weight: 270g
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 26mm