Dreamers. Rebels. Pragmatists. From Thomas Edison to Elon Musk: How Ten Geniuses Changed the World
«Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.» — Thomas Edison «The biggest risk is not taking any risk.» — Mark Zuckerberg Ten geniuses. Ten revolutions. Ten stories that forever changed the world. From Edison’s electricity to Musk’s space ambitions, from Ford’s assembly...
line to Zuckerberg’s digital universe — this book tells how bold ideas became reality. Their inventions, business strategies, and even failures reshaped our daily lives. But behind each breakthrough are human stories: stubbornness, obsession, genius, and doubts.
You will learn: • How Ford turned the automobile from a luxury item into a mass commodity. • How Jobs taught people to desire what they didn’t even dream of. • Why Gates believed that computers should be in every home. • How Brin turned internet search into an art. • Why Schultz decided that coffee is not just a drink, but a lifestyle. These are not just biographies — these are ten lessons from people who didn’t wait for the future to come, but created it.
Series: Library of IT. Key Books on Modern Technologies
Age restrictions: 12+
Year of publication: 2025
ISBN: 9785042233913
Number of pages: 352
Size: 220х146х24 mm
Cover type: hard
Weight: 553 g
ID: 1729238
«Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.» — Thomas Edison «The biggest risk is not taking any risk.» — Mark Zuckerberg Ten geniuses. Ten revolutions. Ten stories that forever changed the world. From Edison’s electricity to Musk’s space ambitions, from Ford’s assembly line to Zuckerberg’s digital universe — this book tells how bold ideas became reality. Their inventions, business strategies, and even failures reshaped our daily lives. But behind each breakthrough are human stories: stubbornness, obsession, genius, and doubts.
You will learn: • How Ford turned the automobile from a luxury item into a mass commodity. • How Jobs taught people to desire what they didn’t even dream of. • Why Gates believed that computers should be in every home. • How Brin turned internet search into an art. • Why Schultz decided that coffee is not just a drink, but a lifestyle. These are not just biographies — these are ten lessons from people who didn’t wait for the future to come, but created it.
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