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The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder, 1981 Atlantic Monthly Press Edition HBDJ

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Synopsis: 293 pages. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, The Soul of a New Machine was a bestseller on its first publication in 1981. With the touch of an expert thriller writer, Tracy Kidder recounts the feverish efforts of a team of Data General researchers to create a new 32-bit super mini-computer. A compelling account of individual sacrifice and human ingenuity, The Soul of a New Machine endures as the classic chronicle of the computer age and the masterminds behind its technological advances."A superb book," said Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The Washington Post Book World said, "Kidder has created compelling entertainment. He offers a fast, painless, enjoyable means to an initial understanding of computers, allowing us to understand the complexity of machines we could only marvel at before, and to appreciate the skills of the people who create them."

Publisher: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book - Little, Brown and Company, with copyright date of 1981 stated.

Format: Hardback with dust jacket. Not an ex lib.

Condition: Excellent to near fine. Looks unread Minimal chipping to jacket at upper spine edges, tiny imprint of name "STAN" in 6 pt. or less font on inside front flyleaf.  Volume tightly bound and solid, no missing pages or other markings than those so noted above.

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