A wonderful, behind-the-scenes looks at the ideas, contributions and conflicts that created the digital world we inhabit today. My children (from 20 to 25 years old) have a difficult time imagining a world without laptops, video games, pocket-sized cell phones, and being able to communicate almos...
By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fa...
Massachusetts patriot, second U.S. president. Worked with Franklin editing Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence and negotiating with Lord Howe in 1776. Arrived in Paris April 1778 to work with Franklin as commissioner, left March 1779, returned February 1780, left for Holland Augu...