The Soul of a New Machine
About this book
"The Soul of a New Machine" is a non-fiction book written by Tracy Kidder and published in 1981. It chronicles the experiences of a computer engineering team racing to design a next-generation computer at a blistering pace under tremendous pressure. The machine was launched in 1980 as the Data General Eclipse MV/8000. The book won the 1982 National Book Award for Non-fiction and a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.
Subjects
minicomputersInformaticaOrdinateursDesign and constructionOuvrages de vulgarisationComputer engineeringConception et constructionElectronic digital computersData General CorporationPopular worksHistoryElectronic digital computers, design and constructionNew York Times reviewedopen_syllabus_projectArchitecture des ordinateursMiniordinateur