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1、FROMTHEAUTHOROFTHEBESTSELLINGBIOGRAPHIESOFBENJAMINFRANKLINANDALBERTEINSTEIN,THISISTHEEXCLUSIVEBIOGRAPHYOFSTEVEJOBS.BasedonmorethanfortyinterviewswithJobsconductedovertwoyears—aswellasinterviewswithmorethanahundredfamilymembers,friends,adversaries,compet
2、itors,andcolleagues—WalterIsaacsonhaswrittenarivetingstoryoftheroller-coasterlifeandsearinglyintensepersonalityofacreativeentrepreneurwhosepassionforperfectionandferociousdriverevolutionizedsixindustries:personalcomputers,animatedmovies,music,phones,tab
3、letcomputing,anddigitalpublishing.AtatimewhenAmericaisseekingwaystosustainitsinnovativeedge,Jobsstandsastheultimateiconofinventivenessandappliedimagination.Heknewthatthebestwaytocreatevalueinthetwenty-firstcenturywastoconnectcreativitywithtechnology.Heb
4、uiltacompanywhereleapsoftheimaginationwerecombinedwithremarkablefeatsofengineering.AlthoughJobscooperatedwiththisbook,heaskedfornocontroloverwhatwaswrittennoreventherighttoreaditbeforeitwaspublished.Heputnothingofflimits.Heencouragedthepeopleheknewtospe
5、akhonestly.AndJobsspeakscandidly,sometimesbrutallyso,aboutthepeopleheworkedwithandcompetedagainst.Hisfriends,foes,andcolleaguesprovideanunvarnishedviewofthepassions,perfectionism,obsessions,artistry,devilry,andcompulsionforcontrolthatshapedhisapproachto
6、businessandtheinnovativeproductsthatresulted.Drivenbydemons,Jobscoulddrivethosearoundhimtofuryanddespair.Buthispersonalityandproductswereinterrelated,justasApple’shardwareandsoftwaretendedtobe,asifpartofanintegratedsystem.Histaleisinstructiveandcautiona
7、ry,filledwithlessonsaboutinnovation,character,leadership,andvalues.WalterIsaacson,theCEOoftheAspenInstitute,hasbeenthechairmanofCNNandthemanagingeditorofTimemagazine.HeistheauthorofEinstein:HisLifeandUniverse,BenjaminFranklin:AnAmericanLife,andKissinger
8、:ABiography,andisthecoauthor,withEvanThomas,ofTheWiseMen:SixFriendsandtheWorldTheyMade.HeandhiswifeliveinWashington,D.C.MEETTHEAUTHORS,WATCHVIDEOSANDMOREATSimonandSchuster.com•THESOURCEFORREADINGGROUPS•JACKETPHOTOGRAPHS:FRONTBYAL