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1) Elon Musk
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era--a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter"--
As a kid in South Africa, Musk was regularly beaten by bullies; he once was in the hospital for a week after...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Formats
Description
There are few industrialists in history who could match Elon Musk's relentless drive and ingenious vision. A modern alloy of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs, Musk is the man behind PayPal, Tesla Motors, SpaceX, and SolarCity, each of which has sent shock waves throughout American business and industry. More than any other executive today, Musk has dedicated his energies and his own vast fortune to inventing a future that is...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
950L
Physical Desc
245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Known for dreaming big and rewriting the rules, Elon Musk is the visionary behind SpaceX, founder of PayPal, and CEO of the electric car company Tesla. This biography shares the story of how a once beaten and bullied schoolboy became a success in technology and industry.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the historic quest to rekindle the human exploration of space as navigated by billionaire entrepreneurs, sharing insights into how professional rivalry and Silicon Valley innovations are lowering the cost of space travel and exceeding the achievements of NASA.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Mezrich takes on Elon Musk, the billionaire threatening to bring down Twitter's house. What's his purpose, really? Will he take the company to new heights or new depths?
From New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich: the book Elon Musk doesn't want you to read. Breaking Twitter takes readers inside the darkly comic battle between one of the most intriguing, polarizing, influential men of our time--Elon Musk--and the company that represents our...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Less than 20 years after its founding, SpaceX boasts the largest constellation of commercial satellites in orbit, has pioneered reusable rockets, and in 2020 became the first private company to launch human beings into orbit. Berger takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company's first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the bumpy journey from scrappy underdog to aerospace pioneer. He draws upon interviews...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 377 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Inside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the perfect car Elon Musk is among the most controversial titans of Silicon Valley. To some he's a genius and a visionary; to others he's a mercurial con artist. Billions of dollars have been gained and lost on his tweets; his personal exploits are the stuff of tabloids. But for all his outrageous talk of mind-uploading and space travel, his most audacious vision...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Using a fresh and innovative combination of interview, archive, and animated content is an intimate journey into the lives and minds of some of the world's most compelling men and women.