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This is the exclusive biography of 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, and colleagues, the author has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers,...

Grace Hopper was a pioneer in computer programming, a woman whose scientific research led to computer-language tools and technology still in use today. Her story is filled with trial and error, and readers can follow the journey step by step.

"Women have made some of the most important scientific discoveries of all time. In this title, readers learn about mathematician and computer programmer Grace Hopper from her early career programming Mark I and UNIVAC, to the development of the FLOW-MATIC and COBOL. A timeline, sidebars, fun facts, glossary, and index supplement the text." -- Back cover.

This book, in graphic novel format, tells the story of how Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak developed the personal computer.

This is a children's book biography of Grace Hopper, who played a prominent role in the early days of computers.-- Reveals how a woman with a passion for math and science revolutionized computer coding, defying conventions and difficult challenges along the way.

Traces the life of computer industry pioneer Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, Inc.

Learn about mathematician Ada Lovelace from her early work in creating the Bernoulli algorithm to her understanding that numbers could represent data, making her an early computer programmer.

Can you imagine a robotic pilot flying a spaceship to Mars with no guidance from human beings? Science fiction, right? The answer is no. Technology like this is actually being developed right now by some of the smartest engineers on the planet.

A biography of the inquisitive young computer genius who was one of the founders of Apple Computer company.

A simple biography of computer industry pioneer Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, Inc.