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Author: Ashlee Vance
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 13.30cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9780062301253
ISBN 10: 006230125
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 24 January 2017
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General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Fascinating and superbly researched... --The Guardian UK
Fascinating and superbly researched --The Guardian UK
[T]his work will likely serve as the definitive account of a man whom so far we've seen mostly through caricature. By the final pages, too, any reader will sense the need to put comparisons to Steve Jobs aside. Give Musk credit. There is no one like him. --New York Times Book Review [A] spirited and riveting biography. --Wall Street Journal The SpaceX and Tesla founder certainly sees setbacks as an unavoidable part of innovation. But a brilliant new biography paints a picture of him as an obsessive, intolerant perfectionist. --Financial Times Fascinating and superbly researched... --The Guardian UK Mr. Vance tells the stories of both SpaceX and Tesla with intricacy and insight. . . . What does come through is a sense of legitimate wonder at what humans can accomplish when they aim high, and aim weird.--Dwight Garner, New York Times
Mr. Vance tells the stories of both SpaceX and Tesla with intricacy and insight. . . . What does come through is a sense of legitimate wonder at what humans can accomplish when they aim high, and aim weird. -- Dwight Garner, New York Times [T]his work will likely serve as the definitive account of a man whom so far we've seen mostly through caricature. By the final pages, too, any reader will sense the need to put comparisons to Steve Jobs aside. Give Musk credit. There is no one like him. -- New York Times Book Review [A] spirited and riveting biography. -- Wall Street Journal The SpaceX and Tesla founder certainly sees setbacks as an unavoidable part of innovation. But a brilliant new biography paints a picture of him as an obsessive, intolerant perfectionist. -- Financial Times Fascinating and superbly researched... -- The Guardian UK
Author Information
Ashlee Vance is the New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk and a feature writer at Bloomberg Businessweek. He's also the host of Hello World, a travel show that centers on inventors and scientists all over the planet. Previously, he worked as a reporter for The New York Times, The Economist, and The Register.
