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I read Isaacson's long-ago book The Wise Men (written with a coauthor) and found it masterful, engaging, and comprehensive. One of Siracusa's main objections t
by mturmon 15y ago
I read Isaacson's long-ago book The Wise Men (written with a coauthor) and found it masterful, engaging, and comprehensive.
One of Siracusa's main objections to the Jobs bio is that Isaacson does not understand technology enough to separate the important from the trivial.
Isaacson has faced this kind of problem begore. It seems from this review that he had advice from Brian Greene on his Einstein bio:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/books/09masl.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/books/09masl.html
I wonder if Isaacson did not have enough help with the tech on the Jobs book?