Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

Levy, Steven

ISBN 10: 0140232699 / ISBN 13: 9780140232691

Published by Penguin, 1994

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Synopsis:

An introduction to the world of hackers and the characters that inhabit it, such as Steve Wozniak, who designed a computer to impress his friends and ended up forming Apple Computers, and "phreaker" Captain Crunch, who discovered a secret access to long-distance phone lines in a cereal box.

About the Author:

Levy is a senior writer for Wired. Previously, he was chief technology writer and a senior editor for Newsweek. Levy has written six books and had articles published in Harper's, Macworld, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Premiere, and Rolling Stone. Steven has won several awards during his 30+ years of writing about technology, including Hackers, which PC Magazine named the best Sci-Tech book written in the last twenty years and, Crypto, which won the grand eBook prize at the 2001 Frankfurt Book festival.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Publisher: Penguin
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good