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Elon Musk de Walter Isaacson

Elon Musk

Autor Walter Isaacson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 feb 2025

Un grup de băieți îl împing pe treptele de beton și îl lovesc cu furie până când chipul îi devine o masă tumefiată. Copilul Elon Musk ajunge la spital, dar cicatricile fizice vor păli în fața celor lăsate de un tată carismatic și crud. Notăm cu interes cum această scenă violentă din Africa de Sud devine cheia de boltă pentru a înțelege de ce cel mai bogat om de pe planetă a simțit nevoia, decenii mai târziu, să cumpere „locul de joacă” digital al lumii: Twitter. Elon Musk nu este doar un inventator, ci un vizionar care funcționează permanent în mod de criză, alimentat de o intensitate maniacală care pendulează între geniu și distrugere. Suntem de părere că portretul realizat de Walter Isaacson reușește să pătrundă dincolo de masca de „Iron Man” pentru a dezvălui un adult vulnerabil, bântuit de demoni care, paradoxal, par să fie motorul inovației sale în domenii precum explorarea spațială și inteligența artificială. Ca și Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future de Ashlee Vance, această biografie transformă documentele și interviurile în narațiune, însă Isaacson beneficiază de un acces fără precedent, shadowing-ul său de doi ani oferind o perspectivă intimă, aproape cinematografică. În contextul operei sale, această lucrare continuă explorarea geniului începută în The Innovators și Leonardo Da Vinci, dar aici autorul se confruntă cu un subiect contemporan imprevizibil. Dacă în The Code Breaker Isaacson analiza viitorul rasei umane prin prisma geneticii, în Elon Musk el analizează viitorul civilizației prin ambiția unui singur om de a coloniza Marte și de a electrifica transportul global, lăsând cititorul să decidă dacă prețul progresului merită turbulențele provocate.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781398527539
ISBN-10: 139852753X
Pagini: 688
Ilustrații: none
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 41 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această biografie tuturor celor care vor să înțeleagă mecanismele psihologice din spatele succesului global. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă rară asupra modului în care traumele personale pot fi canalizate în ambiții care schimbă industrii întregi. Este o lectură esențială pentru a descifra nu doar cine este Elon Musk, ci și cum va arăta viitorul tehnologic sub influența sa, dincolo de titlurile senzaționaliste din presă.

Despre autor

Walter Isaacson este unul dintre cei mai respectați biografi contemporani, fost editor al revistei Time și CEO al CNN. Absolvent de Harvard și bursier Rhodes la Oxford, Isaacson s-a specializat în portretizarea minților care au modelat istoria, de la Steve Jobs la Einstein: His Life and Universe. Stilul său se remarcă prin capacitatea de a sintetiza complexitatea științifică și inovația tehnologică în povești umane profunde. În prezent profesor la Tulane University, Isaacson continuă să exploreze prin volumele sale teme precum creativitatea, colaborarea și natura geniului în era digitală.

Descriere scurtă

#1 New York Times non-fiction bestseller
#2 Sunday Times non-fiction bestseller

SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY APPLE, AMAZON, THE TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES

Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk offers the most intimate, complete and revelatory portrait of the most fascinating and controversial innovator in the world.
 
For two years, Isaacson had unprecedented access to Musk, his workplaces, his family, friends, coworkers and adversaries – nothing was off-limits.

Musk’s journey from humble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet is a thrilling, mind-bending story and nobody could tell it better. Filled with amazing tales of triumph and turmoil, and lessons about leadership and business, it ultimately addresses the question everyone wants to ask: why is Elon Musk so successful?

This book includes over 100 integrated black and white images.

Notă biografică

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; The Innovators; Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the co-author of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He and his wife live in New Orleans. Facebook: Walter Isaacson, Twitter: @WalterIsaacson

Recenzii

‘Its portrait of the tech maverick is fascinating. . . a persuasive mixture of alarm and deep admiration'
‘[Isaacson] has done something amazing with the Musk biography which is to write a 688-page quick read’
‘Whatever you think of Mr Musk, he is a man worth understanding – which makes this a book worth reading’
‘A penetrating new biography’ 
‘A beat-by-beat book that follows the tycoon inside important rooms, as well as exploring obscure regions of his mind’
‘A comprehensive, deeply reported chronicle of the world-shaping tech mogul’s life’
‘An experienced biographer’s comprehensive study’
‘He forms his own conclusions, which are mostly admirably balanced and mature. . . Isaacson, in his quest for a comprehensive audit of the Musk phenomenon, errs slightly on the side of the voyeur in these encounters, but I can’t blame him. It’s quite the spectacle’
‘The book contains a series of illuminating anecdotes about Musk’
'Isaacson offers both an engaging chronicle of his subject’s busy life so far and some compelling answers’
‘The most complete profile of Musk yet’
'There’s not much middle ground on Musk – people love him or hate him – but Isaacson is best positioned to figure out what makes him tick’
‘The resulting book delves deep into the billionaire’s demons, including childhood bullies and a difficult father, and interrogates their relationship to his success’
‘Isaacson deftly handles complicated matters like the development of electric vehicles, rockets and artificial intelligence while also deeply exploring Musk’s background and family’
‘This fast-paced biography. . . [is] a head-spinning tale about a vain, brilliant, sometimes cruel figure whose ambitions are actively shaping the future of human life'
‘Everything you'd expect from a book on Musk. . . While the stories are fascinating and guaranteed to spark a mountain of coverage, founders and entrepreneurs will also unearth valuable lessons’
‘The book is bursting with stories. . . A deeply engrossing tale of a spectacular American innovator’
‘Walter Isaacson’s intimate account of a tech titan’
‘this biography of Elon Musk is still fascinating. How could it not be? . . . He has spoken to practically everybody’
‘a highly readable portrait of a very unusual personality. . . It is a considerable achievement on Isaacson’s part to have persuaded this reviewer. . . to adopt a more sympathetic view of Musk and set aside much of the familiar media caricature of him.’
‘Described by the FT as a “688-page quick read” for the TikTok generation, Isaacson’s biography of the South African entrepreneur races along at bone-rattling speed. That certainly makes for an entertaining exploration of Musk the celebrity’
‘From its cover… to its size (nearly 700 pages), this account of the world’s highest profile technology entrepreneur shouts importance… Isaacson does a good job of illustrating the crazy genius of his multiple projects'
‘[There are] few biographers who have had so much access to powerful people as Walter Isaacson. So his biography Elon Musk is a must-read. . . in my view, it is the details about his attitude towards artificial intelligence at Tesla, or his dealings with the Ukrainian government, which are most fascinating. Whatever you think of Musk, [this is] an illuminating book that forces us to confront a crucial question: are innovators always half-mad?’
‘This biography, written with his approval, follows him from his dweebish, unhappy childhood to Twitter trolling adulthood’
'Isaacson, a highly respected biographer, does an excellent job in tying him down. Musk cooperated in its writing, but it's no hagiography, delving into dark family secrets, exposing Musk's anti-social nature, his addiction to drama and risk, his tendency to, in the words of his ex-wife, go "king-crazy"'

Descriere

The new biography from Walter Isaacson, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Steve Jobs.