Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.79in | 464 pages | ISBN 9780141000510 | 01 Jan 2001 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
A mere fifteen years ago, "computer nerds" were seen as marginal weirdos, outsiders whose world would never resonate with the mainstream. That was before one pioneering work documented the underground computer revolution that was about to change our world forever. With groundbreaking profiles of Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club, and more, Steven Levy's Hackers brilliantly captured a seminal moment when the risk-takers and explorers were poised to conquer twentieth-century America's last great frontier. And in the Internet age, "the hacker ethic"--first espoused here--is alive and well.
Preface
Who's Who
Part One: True Hackers
1. The Tech Model Railroad Club
2. The Hacker Ethic
3. Spacewar
4. Greenblatt and Gosper
5. The Midnight Computer Wiring Society
6. Winners and Losers
7. LIFE
Part Two: Hardware Hackers
8. Revolt in 2100
9. Every Man a God
10. The Homebrew Computer Club
11. Tiny BASIC
12. Woz
13. Secrets
Part Three: Game Hackers
14. The Wizard and the Princess
15. The Brotherhood
16. The Third Generation
17. Summer Camp
18. Frogger
19. Applefest
20. Wizard vs. Wizards
Epilogue: The Last of the True Hackers
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
"Fascinating. A huge job hugely well done" The Washington Post
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