The New New Thing: The Gripping Inside Story of Silicon Valley - from the no 1 bestselling author of The Big Short

di Michael Lewis (Autore)

Hodder & Stoughton, 2000

The ultimate inside story of Silicon Valley and the online revolution, told by the No. 1 bestselling author of THE BIG SHORT and LIAR'S POKER. 'Hugely enjoyable...it reads like a novel, a fantasy tale of rags and riches that happens to be true' Sunday Times 'A superb book... Lewis makes Silicon Valley as thrilling and intelligible as he made Wall Street in his best-selling Liar's Poker' Time __________ In the last years of the millennium, Michael Lewis sets out to find the world's most important technology entrepreneur, the man who embodies the spirit of the coming age. He finds him in Jim Clark, the billionaire who founded Netscape and Silicon Graphics and who now aims to turn the healthcare industry on its head with his latest billion-dollar project. Lewis accompanies Clark on the maiden voyage of his vast yacht and, on the sometimes hazardous journey, takes the reader on the ride of a lifetime through a landscape of geeks and billionaires. Through every brilliant anecdote and funny character sketch, Michael Lewis allows us an inside look at the world of the super-rich, whilst drawing a map of free enterprise in the twenty-first century. __________ 'A fascinating journey into the Wild West of American capitalism' Daily Telegraph 'A superb book. . . . Lewis makes Silicon Valley as thrilling and intelligible as he made Wall Street in his best-selling Liar's Poker.' Time

• Autore: Michael Lewis
• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton
• Anno: 2000
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 432 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 130 mm
• Peso: 300 gr.
• EAN: 9780340766996

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