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1、FROMTHEAUTHOROFTHEBESTSELLINGBIOGRAPHIESOFBENJAMINFRANKLINANDALBERTEINSTEIN,THISISTHEEXCLUSIVEBIOGRAPHYOFSTEVEJOBS. BasedonmorethanfortyinterviewswithJobsconductedovertwoyears—aswellasinterviewswithmorethanahundredfamilymembers,friends,adversaries,competi
2、tors,andcolleagues—WalterIsaacsonhaswrittenarivetingstoryoftheroller-coasterlifeandsearinglyintensepersonalityofacreativeentrepreneurwhosepassionforperfectionandferociousdriverevolutionizedsixindustries:personalcomputers,animatedmovies,music,phones,tablet
3、computing,anddigitalpublishing.AtatimewhenAmericaisseekingwaystosustainitsinnovativeedge,Jobsstandsastheultimateiconofinventivenessandappliedimagination.Heknewthatthebestwaytocreatevalueinthetwenty-firstcenturywastoconnectcreativitywithtechnology.Hebuilta
4、companywhereleapsoftheimaginationwerecombinedwithremarkablefeatsofengineering.AlthoughJobscooperatedwiththisbook,heaskedfornocontroloverwhatwaswrittennoreventherighttoreaditbeforeitwaspublished.Heputnothingofflimits.Heencouragedthepeopleheknewtospeakhones
5、tly.AndJobsspeakscandidly,sometimesbrutallyso,aboutthepeopleheworkedwithandcompetedagainst.Hisfriends,foes,andcolleaguesprovideanunvarnishedviewofthepassions,perfectionism,obsessions,artistry,devilry,andcompulsionforcontrolthatshapedhisapproachtobusinessa
6、ndtheinnovativeproductsthatresulted.Drivenbydemons,Jobscoulddrivethosearoundhimtofuryanddespair.Buthispersonalityandproductswereinterrelated,justasApple’shardwareandsoftwaretendedtobe,asifpartofanintegratedsystem.Histaleisinstructiveandcautionary,filledwi
7、thlessonsaboutinnovation,character,leadership,andvalues. WalterIsaacson,theCEOoftheAspenInstitute,hasbeenthechairmanofCNNandthemanagingeditorofTimemagazine.HeistheauthorofEinstein:HisLifeandUniverse,BenjaminFranklin:AnAmericanLife,andKissinger:ABiography,
8、andisthecoauthor,withEvanThomas,ofTheWiseMen:SixFriendsandtheWorldTheyMade.HeandhiswifeliveinWashington,D.C.MEETTHEAUTHORS,WATCHVIDEOSANDMOREATSimonandSchuster.com•THESOURCEFORREADINGGROUPS•JACKETPHOTOGRAPHS:FRONTBY