Steve Jobs by Isaacson, Walter

Walter Isaacson's "enthralling" (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than 100 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. Isaacson's portrait touched millions of readers.

At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, 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 the author, he asked for no control over what was written. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. He himself spoke candidly about the people he worked with and competed against.

His friends, foes, and colleagues offer 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.

His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.

Steve Jobs is the inspiration for the movie of the same name starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels, directed by Danny Boyle with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin.

Author: Walter Isaacson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 10/24/2011
Pages: 656
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.16lbs
Size: 9.41h x 6.45w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9781451648539

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.6
Point Value: 40
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 148854 / Steve Jobs


Review Citation(s):
Poder Hispanic 10/01/2011 pg. 84
Entertainment Weekly 11/04/2011 pg. 77
People Weekly 11/07/2011 pg. 51
Shelf Awareness 10/28/2011
Entertainment Weekly 11/18/2011 pg. 107
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2011
Entertainment Weekly 12/02/2011 pg. 45
People Weekly 12/05/2011 pg. 152
Publishers Weekly 12/19/2011
New York Review of Books 01/12/2012 pg. 24
Choice 04/01/2012
Books & Culture 03/01/2013 pg. 30

About the Author
Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.