Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a ＂riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving＂ (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the internet.What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail? The Innovators is a masterly saga of collaborative genius destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution--and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. Isaacson begins the adventure with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron’s daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s. He explores the fascinating personalities that created our current digital revolution, such as Vannevar Bush, Alan Turing, John von Neumann, J.C.R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Robert Noyce, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, Tim Berners-Lee, and Larry Page. This is the story of how their minds worked and what made them so inventive. It’s also a narrative of how their ability to collaborate and master the art of teamwork made them even more creative. For an era that seeks to foster innovation, creativity, and teamwork, The Innovators is ＂a sweeping and surprisingly tenderhearted history of the digital age＂ (The New York Times).

華特·艾薩克森Walter Isaacson

　　《賈伯斯傳》、《富蘭克林傳》、《愛因斯坦》權威傳記作者賈伯斯生前兩度親自請託、指定傳記執筆人

　　現任國際非營利組織亞斯本研究院（Aspen Institute）執行長暨總裁。該機構聲譽卓著，不僅是美國當代最著名的政策研究與教育機構，在歐洲、亞洲也設有研究分院，透過邀集各界精英舉辦高峰會、研討會和執行研究計畫等，積極促進國際領導人才交流，並提出政策建言，是美國最具影響力的研究機構之一。

　　艾薩克森畢業於哈佛大學文學院，後以羅德學者身分在牛津大學進修，並取得哲學及政經碩士學位。曾任《時代》雜誌執行總編輯、CNN董事長兼執行長，在歐巴馬總統上任後，被指派擔任美國廣播理事會（BBG）主席。

　　艾薩克森不僅是傑出的記者，更是備受讚譽的傳記作家，寫作功力一流。著有《賈伯斯傳》（Steve Jobs）、《愛因斯坦》（Einstein: His Life and Universe）、《富蘭克林傳》（Benjamin Franklin: An American Life）、《季辛吉傳》（Kissinger: A Biography）等暢銷傳記。

　　Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He lives in Washington, DC.