{"product_id":"what-the-dormouse-said-how-the-sixties-counterculture-shaped-the-personal-computer-industry-paperback","title":"What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Markoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This makes entertaining reading. Many accounts of the birth of personal computing have been written, but this is the first close look at the drug habits of the earliest pioneers.\" \u003ci\u003e--New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost histories of the personal computer industry focus on technology or business. John Markoff's landmark book is about the culture and consciousness behind the first PCs--the culture being counter- and the consciousness expanded, sometimes chemically. It's a brilliant evocation of Stanford, California, in the 1960s and '70s, where a group of visionaries set out to turn computers into a means for freeing minds and information. In these pages one encounters Ken Kesey and the phone hacker Cap'n Crunch, est and LSD, \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Earth Catalog\u003c\/i\u003e and the Homebrew Computer Lab. \u003ci\u003eWhat the Dormouse Said\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant, funny, and inspiring book by one of the smartest technology writers around.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Markoff was one of a team of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporters who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. He has covered Silicon Valley since 1977, wrote the first account of the World Wide Web in 1993, and broke the story of Google's self driving car in 2010. He is the author of five books including \u003ci\u003eWhat the Dormouse Said\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMachines of Loving Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhole Earth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.04 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762760646944,"sku":"9780143036760","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f057977debe9f3969686925bcc99fc7b.webp?v=1780225450","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-the-dormouse-said-how-the-sixties-counterculture-shaped-the-personal-computer-industry-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}