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　　The computer revolution brought with it new methods of getting work done--just look at today's news for reports of hard-driven, highly-motivated young software and online commerce developers who sacrifice evenings and weekends to meet impossible deadlines. Tracy Kidder got a preview of this world in the late 1970s when he observed the engineers of Data General design and build a new 32-bit minicomputer in just one year. His thoughtful, prescient book, The Soul of a New Machine, tells stories of 35-year-old "veteran" engineers hiring recent college graduates and encouraging them to work harder and faster on complex and difficult projects, exploiting the youngsters' ignorance of normal scheduling processes while engendering a new kind of work ethic.

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　　Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, TheSoul of a New Machine was a bestseller on its first publication in1981. With the touch of an expert thriller writer, Tracy Kidderrecounts the feverish efforts of a team of Data General researchersto create a new 32-bit superminicomputer. A compelling account ofindividual sacrifice and human ingenuity, The Soul of a New Machineendures as the classic chronicle of the computer age and themasterminds behind its technological advances.
　　"A superb book," said Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art ofMotorcycle Maintenance. "All the incredible complexity and chaosand exploitation and loneliness and strange, half-mad beauty ofthis field are honestly and correctly drawn." The Washington PostBook World said, "Kidder has created compelling entertainment. Heoffers a fast, painless, enjoyable means to an initialunderstanding of computers, allowing us to understand thecomplexity of machines we could only marvel at before, and toappreciate the skills of the people who create them."

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, The
Soul of a New Machine was a bestseller on its first publication in
1981. With the touch of an expert thriller writer, Tracy Kidder
recounts the feverish efforts of a team of Data General researchers
to create a new 32-bit superminicomputer. A compelling account of
individual sacrifice and human ingenuity, The Soul of a New Machine
endures as the classic chronicle of the computer age and the
masterminds behind its technological advances. 
　　"A superb book," said Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of
Motorcycle Maintenance. "All the incredible complexity and chaos
and exploitation and loneliness and strange, half-mad beauty of
this field are honestly and correctly drawn." The Washington Post
Book World said, "Kidder has created compelling entertainment. He
offers a fast, painless, enjoyable means to an initial
understanding of computers, allowing us to understand the
complexity of machines we could only marvel at before, and to
appreciate the skills of the people who create them." 
The Modern Library has played a significant role in American
cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was
founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight
years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It
provided the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random
House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book
trade, providing readers with affordable hardbound editions of
important works of literature and thought. For the Modern Library's
seventy-fifth anniversary, Random House redesigned the series,
restoring as its emblem the running torch-bearer created by Lucian
Bernhard in 1925 and refurbishing jackets, bindings, and type, as
well as inaugurating a new program of selecting titles. The Modern
Library continues to provide the world's best books, at the best
prices. 
　　Tracy Kidder has written a new Introduction to this Modern
Library edition.

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