Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

Book review by Deane Barker • tags: history, tech, research, business •

Book Data

Author: Michael A. Hiltzik
Year: 2000
Pages: 480
Acquired: Not recorded
Open Library: OL1987733W

I have read this book. According to my records, I completed it on .
A softcover copy of this book is currently in my home library.

↓ Inbound link from – What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry July 6, 2015

The title promised a discussion about how the 60s “shaped” the personal computer industry, but I just didn’t see it. The book is a history of technology and how the seminal figures of that period interacted with culture, but it didn’t show me how society “shaped” the industry, as much as the…