The Soul of a New Machine

Tracy Kidder First published 1981

About this book

"The Soul of a New Machine" is a non-fiction book written by Tracy Kidder and published in 1981. It chronicles the experiences of a computer engineering team racing to design a next-generation computer at a blistering pace under tremendous pressure. The machine was launched in 1980 as the Data General Eclipse MV/8000. The book won the 1982 National Book Award for Non-fiction and a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.

Subjects

  • architecture des ordinateurs
  • computer engineering
  • conception et construction
  • data general corporation
  • design and construction
  • electronic digital computers
  • electronic digital computers, design and construction
  • history
  • informatica
  • minicomputers
  • miniordinateur
  • new york times reviewed
  • open_syllabus_project
  • ordinateurs
  • ouvrages de vulgarisation
  • popular works