Walter Isaacson
Auteur van Steve Jobs de biografie
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Walter Isaacson was born on May 20, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received a B. A. in history and literature from Harvard College. He then attended the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar at Pembroke College and read philosophy, politics, and economics. He began his career in toon meer journalism at The Sunday Times of London and then the New Orleans Times-Picayune/States-Item. He joined TIME in 1978 and served as a political correspondent, national editor and editor of new media before becoming the magazine's editor in 1996. He became Chairman and CEO of CNN in 2001, and then president and CEO of the Aspen Institute in 2003. He has written numerous books including American Sketches, Einstein: His Life and Universe, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Kissinger: A Biography, Steve Jobs, and The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. He is the co-author, with Evan Thomas, of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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De uitvinders hoe een groep hackers, genieën en nerds de digitale revolutie ontketende (2014) 1,935 exemplaren
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (2021) 1,272 exemplaren
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The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code (2022) 13 exemplaren
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The Price of Genius: The Alan Turing Story 3 exemplaren
Os Inovadores 1 exemplaar
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Steve Jobs - The Exclusive Biography 1 exemplaar
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- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Deep Springs College
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- journalist
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- Time (1978-2001, Editor 1996-2001)
CNN (CEO, 2001-2003)
Aspen Institute (president and CEO, 2003-)
Teach for America (chair emeritus)
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- Rhodes Scholar
Jefferson Lecture (2014)
Gerald Loeb Award (2012)
American Philosophical Society (2005)
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2016)
Fellow, Royal Society of the Arts (toon alle 9)
Benjamin Franklin Medal (2013)
National Humanities Medal (2021)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2012) - Korte biografie
- Walter Isaacson, University Professor of History at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chairman of CNN, and editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Leonardo da Vinci; Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography. He is also the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.
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