Dealers of Lightning
Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
Michael A. Hiltzik
The book chronicles the history and groundbreaking innovations of Xerox Corporation's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) during the 1970s and 1980s, detailing how its visionary team developed foundational technologies for personal computing and the internet. It delves into the stories of the brilliant scientists and engineers behind inventions such as the graphical user interface, Ethernet, laser printing, and the concept of the personal computer.
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