Walter Isaacson
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Walter Isaacson was born on May 20, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received a B. A. in history and literature from Harvard College. He then attended the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar at Pembroke College and read philosophy, politics, and economics. He began his career in näytä lisää journalism at The Sunday Times of London and then the New Orleans Times-Picayune/States-Item. He joined TIME in 1978 and served as a political correspondent, national editor and editor of new media before becoming the magazine's editor in 1996. He became Chairman and CEO of CNN in 2001, and then president and CEO of the Aspen Institute in 2003. He has written numerous books including American Sketches, Einstein: His Life and Universe, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Kissinger: A Biography, Steve Jobs, and The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. He is the co-author, with Evan Thomas, of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (2014) 1,935 kappaletta
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (2021) 1,271 kappaletta
American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane (2010) 216 kappaletta
People of the Century: One Hundred Men And Women Who Shaped The Last One Hundred Years (1985) 188 kappaletta
The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code (2022) 13 kappaletta
Walter Isaacson: The Genius Biographies: Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Leonardo da Vinci (2019) 13 kappaletta
Albert Einstein: The Man, the Genius, and the Theory of Relativity (Pioneers of Science) (2021) 4 kappaletta
The Price of Genius: The Alan Turing Story 3 kappaletta
Os Inovadores 1 kappale
Time Exclusive The Columbine Tapes 1 kappale
Steve Jobs - The Exclusive Biography 1 kappale
Os inovadores [The Innovators]: Como um grupo de hackers, gênios e geeks criou a revolução digital… 1 kappale
Madison Park: A Place of Hope 1 kappale
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Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson (2020) — Johdanto — 119 kappaletta
Summary of Jeff Bezos and Walter Isaacson's Book: Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos (2021) — Associated Name — 1 kappale
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- Virallinen nimi
- Isaacson, Walter Seff
- Syntymäaika
- 1952-05-20
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Washington, DC, USA - Koulutus
- Deep Springs College
Harvard University (BA|1974)
Pembroke College, Oxford University (MA|1976) - Ammatit
- journalist
biographer
editor
administrator
professor
CEO - Organisaatiot
- Time (1978-2001, Editor 1996-2001)
CNN (CEO, 2001-2003)
Aspen Institute (president and CEO, 2003-)
Teach for America (chair emeritus)
Tulane University - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Rhodes Scholar
Jefferson Lecture (2014)
Gerald Loeb Award (2012)
American Philosophical Society (2005)
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2016)
Fellow, Royal Society of the Arts (näytä kaikki 9)
Benjamin Franklin Medal (2013)
National Humanities Medal (2021)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2012) - Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Walter Isaacson, University Professor of History at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chairman of CNN, and editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Leonardo da Vinci; Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography. He is also the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.
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