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The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder · Booklabria

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The Soul of a New Machine

Name: The Soul of a New Machine
Author: Tracy Kidder

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First published: 1981
Editions: 21 in 6 languages

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"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.

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Time: Late 1970s

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21 in 6 languages

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English16 French1 German1 Hebrew1 All 6 languages

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