Book Review & Discussion : The Innovators
Date and time
Location
Online event
How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
About this event
In this event, you’ll learn
Which four key elements define the modern computer world
What the acronym of the first computer, the ENIAC, stood for
How Alan Turing helped spearhead software
Why women were at the forefront of programming
Which trio of creative minds developed the transistor
How two inventors came up with the microchip independently at the same time
Why video games helped make the computer what it is today
The reason the software battle helped make it better
How Al Gore pushed the internet forward
What key decision Tim Berners-Lee made that helped keep the web public
About the Author
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 coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.
Overview
Many are unaware that the digital revolution started well before the first computer was created. The journey began in 1843 with the collaboration of Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace. With each new decade, different innovations emerged and were developing until culminating in the creation of the computer and the internet.
In Innovators, the author introduces us to the great inventors who contributed to the birth of modern technology. We also discovered that men were not solely responsible for the invention of computers.
Many women participated directly and even were the first to program computers.
Innovators tell the story of the people who created computers and the internet. It is a guide on innovation and presents the history of the digital revolution. This is the story of how the minds of great creators worked and what made them so creative.
The beginning of the digital revolution
The Countess Ada Lovelace was the daughter of the poet Lord Byron and his wife, Anne. Her life was a constant mixture of mathematics and art, a combination that allowed her to have ideas and think of possibilities far ahead of her time. She began collaborating with mathematical scientist Charles Babbage after being impressed by his ‘Machine of Difference,’ a machine he built to solve polynomial equations.
