Steve Jobs(史蒂夫•乔布斯传)(美国版)(CD) [CD]

《史蒂夫•乔布斯传》是史蒂夫•乔布斯唯一授权的官方传记，在2011年上半年由美国出版商西蒙舒斯特对外发布出版消息以来，备受全球媒体和业界瞩目，《史蒂夫•乔布斯传》的全球出版日期最终确定为2011年11月21日，简体中文版也将同步上市。史蒂夫•乔布斯是一位极具创造力的企业家，史蒂夫•乔布斯有如过山车般精彩的人生和犀利激越的性格，充满追求完美和誓不罢休的激情，史蒂夫•乔布斯创造出个人电脑、动画电影、音乐、手机、平板电脑以及数字出版等6大产业的颠覆性变革。史蒂夫•乔布斯的个性经常让周围的人愤怒和绝望，但其所创造出的产品也与这种个性息息相关，全然不可分割的，正如苹果的硬件和软件一样。两年多的时间，与史蒂夫•乔布斯40多次的面对面倾谈，以及与史蒂夫•乔布斯一百多个家庭成员、朋友、竞争对手、同事的不受限的采访，造就了这本独家传记。 史蒂夫•乔布斯的故事既具有启发意义，又有警示意义，充满了关于创新、个性、领导力以及价值观的教益。

乔布斯其人：
史蒂夫•乔布斯（Steve  Jobs），1972年高中毕业后，在俄勒冈州波特兰市的里德学院只念了一学期的书；1974年乔布斯在一家公司找到设计电脑游戏的工作。两年后，时年21岁的乔布斯和26岁的沃兹尼艾克在乔布斯家的车库里成立了苹果电脑公司；1985年获得了由里根总统授予的国家级技术勋章；1996年，苹果公司重新雇用乔布斯作为其兼职顾问；1997年9月，乔布斯重返该公司任首席执行官。1997年成为《时代周刊》的封面人物；2009年被财富杂志评选为这十年美国最佳CEO，同年当选时代周刊年度风云人物之一。

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, 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—Walter Isaacson 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, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.

Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was twenty-three and the way I handled that," he said. "But I don't have any skeletons in my closet that can't be allowed out."And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against.Likewise,His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.

Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple’s hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.

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Over the past three years Steve Jobs worked with Walter Isaacson on his biography. Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson is drawn from interviews with Steve Jobs, members of his family and key colleagues from Apple and competitors..--Little, Brown press release – 07.10.11
Following discussion online regarding differences between the US and UK editions of Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography, Little, Brown UK can confirm that the page length for the UK edition is 656 pages – the same as the US edition – and that there is no difference between the two in terms of content. --Statement regarding Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
The saga of Steve Jobs is the Silicon Valley creation myth writ large: launching a start-up in the proverbial garage and building it into the world's most valuable company.
He didn't invent many things outright, but he was a master at arranging ideas, art and technology in ways that repeatedly invented the future.--Walter Isaacson's article for Time magazine