Foto de archivo: la portada puede ser diferente
MAVERICK AND HIS MACHINE : THOMAS WATSON, SR. AND THE MAKING OF IBM
de MANEY, KEVIN (WATSON, THOMAS J. SR)
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0471414638
- ISBN 13
- 9780471414636
- Librería
-
Durham, California, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
John Wiley & Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2003 verso. first edition,1p. HARDCOVER. 6x9" THICK. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S29.95) DUST JACKET...gift note ep "To Alex ith Love, Mom"....signed by author "To Polly: K Manney" on title page... ; Photo section; 485pg heavy pages; Bibliography. Index..History Of Computing . PUNCH CARDS, CALCULATORS; TAPE PROCESSING FERRITE CORE MEMORIES, DISK, TRANSISTOR A description of the working development history research for INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES.. Computer data transmission" COMPANY FOUNDER BIOGRAPHY. BUSINESS HISTORY.; Signed by Author .
Sinopsis
The first complete look at one of America's legendary business leaders This groundbreaking biography by Kevin Maney, acclaimed technology columnist for USA Today, offers fresh insight and new information on one of the twentieth century's greatest business figures. Over the course of forty-two years, Thomas J. Watson took a failing business called The Computer-Tabulating-Recording Company and transformed it into IBM, the world's first and most famous high-tech company. The Maverick and His Machine is the first modern biography of this business titan. Maney secured exclusive access to hundreds of boxes of Watson's long-forgotten papers, and he has produced the only complete picture of Watson the man and Watson the legendary business leader. These uncovered documents reveal new information about how Watson bet the company in the 1920s on tabulating machines-the forerunners to computers-and how he daringly beat the Great Depression of the 1930s. The documents also lead t...
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Wonderful Books by Mail
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 121338
- Título
- MAVERICK AND HIS MACHINE : THOMAS WATSON, SR. AND THE MAKING OF IBM
- Autor
- MANEY, KEVIN (WATSON, THOMAS J. SR)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- first edition,1p
- ISBN 10
- 0471414638
- ISBN 13
- 9780471414636
- Editorial
- John Wiley & Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2003 verso
- Palabras clave
- Babbage, Endicott New York, Computers: History, Ibm Business, Math CALCULATOR, Watson Laboratory, Science Research, Accounting Machine, Biography
Términos de venta
Wonderful Books by Mail
Tems of sale. FULL RETURNS FOR ANY REASON ALLOWED. Please Contact seller before returns. PHONE,530-892-8191 DROP SHIPPING & GIFT ORDERS. Selling Ink on Paper for over 50 years.
Sobre el vendedor
Wonderful Books by Mail
Miembro de Biblio desde 2008
Durham, California
Sobre Wonderful Books by Mail
I have been selling Ink on Paper for over 50 years. I provide personal service, Worldwide Delivery & will answer your questions about any item you see in my extensive BIBLIO.com LISTINGS
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
