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About Ashlee Vance
Ashlee Vance is an award winning feature writer for Bloomberg Businessweek magazine. Vance is also the host of the "Hello World" TV show. Previously, he worked for The New York Times and The Register.
Vance was born in South Africa, grew up in Texas and attended Pomona College. He has spent more than a decade covering the technology industry from San Francisco and is a noted Silicon Valley historian.
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Vance uses Musk's story to explore one of the pressing questions of our time: can the nation of inventors and creators which led the modern world for a century still compete in an age of fierce global competition? He argues that Musk--one of the most unusual and striking figures in American business history--is a contemporary amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs. More than any other entrepreneur today, Musk has dedicated his energies and his own vast fortune to inventing a future that is as rich and far-reaching as the visionaries of the golden age of science-fiction fantasy.
L'auteur, Ashlee Vance, a beaucoup côtoyé Elon Musk pour préparer cet ouvrage,
tout en interviewant 300 personnes proches de lui. Depuis son enfance agitée en Afrique du Sud jusqu'à ses impressionnantes innovations techniques et réussites entrepreneuriales, il dresse le portrait d'un homme intense au génie tumultueux, aussi exigeant envers lui-même qu'envers ses collaborateurs. Il met aussi à jour les mutations rapides et inéluctables des modèles industriels actuels, ouvrant l'ère d'une nouvelle économie. Un tournant crucial qu'il ne faudrait pas rater.
“Highly recommended for high school and ambitious middle school readers.” —School Library Journal
"A valuable addition to STEM-themed collections." —VOYA
An in-depth look into the extraordinary life of the world’s most important entrepreneur, Elon Musk. This middle grade book is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6, especially during homeschooling. It’s a fun way to keep your child entertained and engaged while not in the classroom.
This fascinating and easily accessible paperback young readers’ adaptation of Ashlee Vance’s New York Times bestselling Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future features black-and-white photographs throughout and an epilogue.
The version for adults has been praised as “riveting” (The Financial Times), “spirited” (The Wall Street Journal), and “masterful” (Vice). Now younger readers can read about this innovative leader who is revolutionizing three industries at once: space, automotive, and energy.
There are few people in history who could match Elon Musk’s relentless drive and vision. A modern combination of famous inventors and industrialists like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Steve Jobs, Elon is the man behind companies such as SpaceX, Tesla Motors, SolarCity, and PayPal that are transforming the way we live.
Written with exclusive access to Elon, his family, and his friends, this book traces Elon’s journey from a kid in South Africa to a young man in the United States, his dramatic technical inventions, and his world-changing companies. Elon has sparked new levels of innovation in the world, and this book gives young readers a detailed but fast-paced look at his story.
A Junior Library Guild Selection!
Ashlee Vance, Millionenbestseller-Autor der Ausnahmebiografie über ELON MUSK erzählt die Geschichte von vier Pionierunternehmen – Astra, Firefly, Planet Labs und Rocket Lab –, die völlig neuartige Raumfahrtsysteme bauen und versuchen, Tausende von Raketen und Satelliten in die Umlaufbahn zu bringen. Während sich die Öffentlichkeit auf den von Musk, Bezos und Branson vorangetriebenen Weltraumtourismus konzentrierte, verfolgen diese neuen Unternehmen ganz andere Ziele: Raketen- und Satellitenstarts schnell und billig machen und so die untere Erdumlaufbahn für die Wirtschaft erschließen – und sie zum nächsten Spielfeld für die technologische Entwicklung der Menschheit entwickeln.
Für seinen Recherchen reist Vance an die entlegensten Orte der Welt – von den USA bis Neuseeland, von der Ukraine bis Indien. Noch nie zuvor hatte ein Journalist einen so beispiellosen Zugang zu den Unternehmen, ihren Laboren und den streng geheimen Startplätzen auf der ganzen Welt. Er schildert die Privatjets, bewaffnete Bodyguards, Drogen, aufwendigste Spionage-Abwehr und Multimillionäre, die mit unvorstellbaren Summen alles auf eine Karte setzen. Und er enthüllt das spektakuläre Chaos des neuen Weltraumgeschäfts indem er zeigt, was passiert, wenn die idealistischen, ehrgeizigen und gleichsam klügsten Köpfe des Silicon Valley ihre ungezügelte Vision auf die grenzenlose Weite der Sterne richten. Es ist nicht weniger als die wahrscheinlich bahnbrechendste und gleichsam kontroverseste Technologiegeschichte unserer Zeit, eine Geschichte faszinierender Charaktere, die beim Wettlauf um den Weltraum unvorstellbare Einsätze verfolgen.
Biografia do mais excitante, imprevisível e ambicioso empresário da atualidade.
O meu nome é Fiasco. Timmy Fiasco. Tenho a certeza absoluta de que já leste os outros três livros sobre a minha vida. Mas, na remotahipótese de não os teres lido, tens de saber que eu sou o maior detetive do mundo. Estou a atravessar o país inteiro, de uma pontaa outra, a caminho de lado nenhum. Porque fui enganado. Bem, a verdade sobre esta situação altamente obscura não é importante. Não é. E tu também não tens de saber tudo. Bastaque saibas que num mundo cada vez mais louco, onde até os bons são corrompidos, a verdade está prestes a ir pelo cano abaixo!
Få et unikt indblik i hverdagen og historien bag verdens vigtigste erhvervsleder, Elon Musk. Manden bag Tesla Motors. Erhvervslivets Iron Man.
Den utrolige beretning forestås af den erfarne teknologi-journalist Ashlee Vance. Bag firmaerne Tesla Motors, PayPal, SolarCity og SpaceX, står Elon Musk, hvilket gør ham til en af de mest driftige og mest succesfulde iværksættere i Silicon Valley. Bogen er skrevet med forfatterens eksklusive adgang til Elon Musk i utallige samtaler samt med hans familie og venner.
Elon Musk é o empreendedor mais ousado de nosso tempo. Uma mistura de Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes e Steve Jobs, ele é o homem por trás dos cobiçados esportivos elétricos da Tesla Motors, dos painéis e baterias de energia solar popularizados pela SolarCity e dos foguetes espaciais da SpaceX, construídos do zero com recursos privados e muito mais baratos que qualquer versão já lançada pelas agências governamentais. Entre as próximas metas de Musk está a colonização de Marte.
Nesse livro, o experiente jornalista de tecnologia Ashlee Vance apresenta um olhar inédito sobre a vida e as realizações inacreditáveis do homem mais audacioso do Vale do Silício. Fundamentado em mais de cinquenta horas de conversas com Musk e entrevistas com mais de trezentas pessoas ligadas a ele, Vance investiga em detalhes a trajetória muitas vezes instável e controversa das empresas de Musk e traça um retrato impressionante do personagem complexo que renovou a indústria com uma série de inovações de enorme impacto político e econômico, num vislumbre do que pode vir a ser o futuro encabeçado pelo progresso de seus negócios visionários.
Em uma época como a atual, em que a maioria das empresas prefere o lucro fácil ao risco de desenvolver tecnologias radicalmente novas, Musk se destaca como o único empresário com dinamismo e visão suficientes para comandar — e revolucionar — três indústrias ao mesmo tempo. Se ele é simplesmente um lunático ou a mente mais brilhante a ter posto os pés neste planeta, só o tempo dirá, mas sua biografia, hoje, já é parte relevante da história.
Dies ist die persönliche Geschichte hinter einem der größten Unternehmer seit Thomas Edison, Henry Ford oder Howard Hughes. Das Buch erzählt seinen kometenhaften Aufstieg von seiner Flucht aus Südafrika mit 17 Jahren bis heute. Elon Musk gilt als der »Real Iron Man« – in Anlehnung an einen der erfolgreichsten Comichelden der Welt. Es ist die gleichsam inspirierende, persönliche und spannende Geschichte eines der erfolgreichsten Querdenker der Welt. In einem Umfang wie noch kein Journalist zuvor hatte Ashlee Vance für diese Biografie exklusiven und direkten Zugang zu Elon Musk, seinem familiären Umfeld und persönlichen Freunden.
Mit 16 Seiten exklusiven und persönlichen Bildern aus Elon Musks persönlichem Fotoalbum.
Silicon Valley veterans and newbies alike will want to explore this book that delves into the rich history behind the region that birthed the world's most important industry. Technology journalist Ashlee Vance has captured almost every aspect of the area stretching between San Francisco and San Jose, California, starting with the eager radio and electronics enthusiasts of the early 1900s and ending with the computing powerhouses of today such as Google and Apple. Along the way, the book profiles the people and places that have elevated Silicon Valley to an almost mythic pedestal.
This book delivers Silicon Valley, taking us from success story to failed startup and back again as we drive the roads from San Francisco to Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and San Jose. It's full of profiles of the larger-than-life characters that pioneered the processor, computer, and Internet revolutions. The book's vibrant design includes "Silicon Valley Soundbytes" packed with insider information and trivia, and "Click Here" sidebars, which suggest places to eat, drink, and shop.
Place by place, readers get the inside scoop on all the addresses that count, which include Microsoft research centers; the headquarters of Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Sun Microsystems, and Oracle; research powerhouses such as Stanford University, NASA Ames, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; the Computer History Museum and The Tech Museum; the Shoreline Amphitheater; the Churchill Club; and many more.
मूलभूत लेखाजोखा आहे. इलॉन मस्कच्या आयुष्याची गाथा आणि त्याची विजिगीषू वृत्ती यांचे यथार्थ चित्रण हे पुस्तक करते.