Levy, Steven.

Hackers / Hackers : heroes of the computer revolution. Steven Levy. - 1st ed. - Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly Media, c2010. - xvi, 499 p. : 22 cm.

Contents; Preface; Who's Who: The Wizards and Their Machines; Part I. True Hackers: Cambridge: The Fifties and Sixties; Chapter 1. The Tech Model Railroad Club; Chapter 2. The Hacker Ethic; Chapter 3. Spacewar; Chapter 4. Greenblatt and Gosper; Chapter 5. The Midnight Computer Wiring Society; Chapter 6. Winners and Losers; Chapter 7. Life; Part II. Hardware Hackers: Northern California: The Seventies; Chapter 8. Revolt in 2100; Chapter 9. Every Man a God; Chapter 10. The Homebrew Computer Club; Chapter 11. Tiny BASIC; Chapter 12. Woz; Chapter 13. Secrets
Part III. Game Hackers: The Sierras: The EightiesChapter 14. The Wizard and the Princess; Chapter 15. The Brotherhood; Chapter 16. The Third Generation; Chapter 17. Summer Camp; Chapter 18. Frogger; Chapter 19. Applefest; Chapter 20. Wizard vs. Wizards; Part IV. The Last of the True Hackers: Cambridge: 1983; Appendix A. The Last of the True Hackers; Appendix B. Afterword: Ten Years After; Appendix C. Afterword: 2010; Appendix D. Notes; Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Appendix E. Acknowledgments; Appendix F. About the Author; Index

Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-483) and index.

9781449388393 (pbk.) 1449388396 (pbk.)

2010283265

GBB061383 bnb

015551776 Uk


Computer programming.
Computer engineering.
Hackers.
Artificial intelligence--Research.
Geeks (Computer enthusiasts)

QA76.6 .L469 / 2010

364.168