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The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti

Author : Meryle Secrest
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0451493656
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti written by Meryle Secrest and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2019 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human, business, design, engineering, cold war, and tech story of how the Olivetti company's first desktop computer, the P101, came to be. Within eighteen months it had caught up with, and surpassed, IBM, the American giant that had become an arm of the American government. Secrest tells how Olivetti made inroads into the US market in 1959 by taking control of Underwood of Hartford CT as an assembly plant for Olivetti's own typewriters and future miniaturized personal computers. Within a week of the purchase, the US government filed an antitrust suit to try to stop it. In 1960 Adriano Olivetti died suddenly of a heart attack; eighteen months later the young engineer who had assembled Olivetti's team of electronic engineers was killed in a suspicious car crash. The Olivetti company and the P101 came to an insidious and shocking end. -- adapted from jacket

Olivetti

Author : Allie Millington
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 125032694X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Olivetti written by Allie Millington and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartfelt novel praised by Tom Hanks in the New York Times as including "a conclusion nearly impossible to divine and yet so perfect it includes that most tactile of memories..." Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and recently replaced by a computer, Olivetti has been forgotten by the Brindle family—the family he’s lived with for years. The Brindles are busy humans, apart from 12-year-old Ernest, who would rather be left alone with his collection of Oxford English Dictionaries. The least they could do was remember Olivetti once in a while, since he remembers every word they’ve typed on him. It’s a thankless job, keeping memories alive. Olivetti gets a rare glimpse of action from Ernest’s mom, Beatrice—his used-to-be most frequent visitor—only for her to drop him off at Heartland Pawn Shop and leave him helplessly behind. When Olivetti learns Beatrice has mysteriously gone missing afterward, he believes he can help find her. He breaks the only rule of the “typewriterly code” and types back to Ernest, divulging Beatrice’s memories stored inside him. Their search takes them across San Francisco—chasing clues, maybe committing a few misdemeanors. As Olivetti spills out the past, Ernest is forced to face what he and his family have been running from, The Everything That Happened. Only by working together will they find Beatrice, belonging, and the parts of themselves they’ve lost.

The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti

Author : Meryle Secrest
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0451493664
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti written by Meryle Secrest and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The never-before-told true account of the design and development of the first desktop computer by the world's most famous high-styled typewriter company, more than a decade before the arrival of the Osborne 1, the Apple 1, the first Intel microprocessor, and IBM's PC5150. The human, business, design, engineering, cold war, and tech story of how the Olivetti company came to be, how it survived two world wars and brought a ravaged Italy back to life, how after it mastered the typewriter business with the famous "Olivetti touch," it entered the new, fierce electronics race; how its first desktop compter, the P101, came to be; how, within eighteen months, it had caught up with, and surpassed, IBM, the American giant that by then had become an arm of the American government, developing advanced weapon systems; Olivetti putting its own mainframe computer on the market with its desktop prototype, selling 40,000 units, including to NASA for its lunar landings. How Olivetti made inroads into the US market by taking control of Underwood of Hartford CT as an assembly plant for Olivetti's own typewriters and future miniaturized personal computers; how a week after Olivetti purchased Underwood, the US government filed an antitrust suit to try to stop it; how Adriano Olivetti, the legendary idealist, socialist, visionary, heir to the company founded by his father, built the company into a fantastical dynasty--factories, offices, satellite buildings spread over more than fifty acres--while on a train headed for Switzerland in 1960 for supposed meetings and then to Hartford, never arrived, dying suddenly of a heart attack at fifty-eight . . . how eighteen months later, his brilliant young engineer, who had assembled Olivetti's superb team of electronic engineers, was killed, as well, in a suspicious car crash, and how the Olivetti company and the P101 came to its insidious and shocking end.

The Olivetti Idiom 1952-1979

Author : Caterina Toschi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788822901989
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Olivetti Idiom 1952-1979 written by Caterina Toschi and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Res

Author : Francesco Pellizzi
Publisher : Peabody Museum Press
ISBN 13 : 087365840X
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Res written by Francesco Pellizzi and published by Peabody Museum Press. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This double volume includes: The value of forgery, Jonathan Hay; Affective operations of art and literature, Ernst van Alphen; Betty’s Turn, Stephen Melville; Richard Serra in Germany, Magdalena Nieslony; Beheadings and massacres, Federico Navarrete; Pliny the Elder and the identity of Roman art, Francesco de Angelis; Between nature and artifice, Francesca Dell’Acqua; Narrative cartographies, Gerald Guest; The artist and the icon, Alexander Nagel; Preliminary thoughts on Piranesi and Vico, Erika Naginski; Portable ruins, Alina Payne; Istanbul: The palimpsest city in search of its archi-text, Nebahat Avcioglu; The iconicity of Islamic calligraphy in Turkey, Irvin Cemil Schick; The Buddha’s house, Kazi Khalid Ashraf; A flash of recognition into how not to be governed, Natasha Eaton; Hasegawa’s fairy tales, Christine Guth; The paradox of the ethnographic-superaltern, Anna Brzyski, and contributions to “Lectures, Documents and Discussions” by Karen Kurczyncki, Mary Dumett, Emmanuel Alloa, Francesco Pellizzi, and Boris Groys.

The Interface

Author : John Harwood
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452932840
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book The Interface written by John Harwood and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " In February 1956 the president of IBM, Thomas Watson Jr., hired the industrial designer and architect Eliot F. Noyes, charging him with reinventing IBM’s corporate image, from stationery and curtains to products such as typewriters and computers and to laboratory and administration buildings. What followed—a story told in full for the first time in John Harwood’s The Interface—remade IBM in a way that would also transform the relationships between design, computer science, and corporate culture. IBM’s program assembled a cast of leading figures in American design: Noyes, Charles Eames, Paul Rand, George Nelson, and Edgar Kaufmann Jr. The Interface offers a detailed account of the key role these designers played in shaping both the computer and the multinational corporation. Harwood describes a surprising inverse effect: the influence of computer and corporation on the theory and practice of design. Here we see how, in the period stretching from the “invention” of the computer during World War II to the appearance of the personal computer in the mid-1970s, disciplines once well outside the realm of architectural design—information and management theory, cybernetics, ergonomics, computer science—became integral aspects of design. As the first critical history of the industrial design of the computer, of Eliot Noyes’s career, and of some of the most important work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames, The Interface supplies a crucial chapter in the story of architecture and design in postwar America—and an invaluable perspective on the computer and corporate cultures of today. "

#810 HCA New York Comic and Comic Art

Author : Ivy Press
Publisher : Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780965104180
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book #810 HCA New York Comic and Comic Art written by Ivy Press and published by Heritage Capital Corporation. This book was released on 2004 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Florida Caper

Author : David Celley
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1491769424
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book The Florida Caper written by David Celley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare and valuable jewelry piece is stolen from the Palm Beach mansion of a wealthy industrialist. The piece itself, called the Eye of the Sun, includes fragments of the famous Hope Diamond, rumored to be cursed. The industrialist asks his nephew, Greg, to find the lost treasure, with the assistance of private investigators Mike and Tina. The twisted trail of the Eye of the Sun leads up and down South Florida and over to San Juan, Puerto Rico, but finally ends at the mansion of a powerful drug dealer in the Bahamas. Greg uses his charm to befriend an attractive Cuban American named Flora, along with sly tipster Olivetti. With their help, Greg and his team steal the Eye of the Sun back. But just when he thinks his troubles are over, Greg begins to suspect the Hope Diamond curse to be true. He and anyone who comes into contact with the Eye of the Sun are on a downward spiral toward destruction. The only way to save their lives is to discover who stole the necklace in the first placebefore its too late.

Organizing for Change

Author : Michael Shamiyeh
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3764378107
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (643 download)

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Download or read book Organizing for Change written by Michael Shamiyeh and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2007-02-09 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the rise of the global economy and the increasing interconnectedness of all fields, architects find themselves confronted with new tasks and fields of activity – the profession is in flux. Renowned international experts from Europe and the United States discuss this development in twenty-five technical papers: What competences do architects have that can help them to meet the challenges of new tasks? What additional skills and knowledge will they need? What concrete strategies are architects already using today to hold their own in new fields of activity? What can be learned from this? The book begins with a brief introduction by the editor, who frames these problems and issues and embeds the essays within the larger context of contemporary architectural discourse. Short biographies of the authors at the end of the book round off the publication. Mit fortschreitender globaler Ökonomisierung und Vernetzung entstehen für Architekten neue Betätigungsfelder und das Berufsbild befindet sich im Wandel. International renommierte Experten aus Europa und den USA setzen sich in 25 Fachbeiträgen mit dieser Entwicklung auseinander: Welche Kompetenzen bringen Architekten mit, um sich neuen Aufgabenbereichen zu stellen? Welche Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse müssen zusätzlich erworben werden? Mit welchen konkreten Strategien behaupten sich Architekten bereits heute in neu erschlossenen Betätigungsfeldern? Welche Einsichten können daraus gewonnen werden? Am Anfang des Buches steht eine kurze Einführung des Herausgebers, der diese Fragestellungen verklammert und die Beiträge in den aktuellen Architekturdiskurs einbettet. Kurzbiografien der Autoren im Anhang des Buches runden die Publikation ab.

America in Italian Culture

Author : Guido Bonsaver
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019884946X
Total Pages : 575 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book America in Italian Culture written by Guido Bonsaver and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When America began to emerge as a world power at the end of the nineteenth century, Italy was a young nation, recently unified. The technological advances brought about by electricity and the combustion engine were vastly speeding up the capacity of news, ideas, and artefacts to travel internationally. Furthermore, improved literacy and social reforms had produced an Italian working class with increased time, money, and education. At the turn of the century, if Italy's ruling elite continued the tradition of viewing Paris as a model of sophistication and good taste, millions of lowly-educated Italians began to dream of America, and many bought a transatlantic ticket to migrate there. By the 1920s, Italians were encountering America through Hollywood films and, thanks to illustrated magazines, they were mesmerised by the sight of Manhattan's futuristic skyline and by news of American lifestyle. The USA offered a model of modernity which flouted national borders and spoke to all. It could be snubbed, adored, or transformed for one's personal use, but it could not be ignored. Perversely, Italy was by then in the hands of a totalitarian dictatorship, Mussolini's Fascism. What were the effects of the nationalistic policies and campaigns aimed at protecting Italians from this supposedly pernicious foreign influence? What did Mussolini think of America? Why were jazz, American literature, and comics so popular, even as the USA became Italy's political enemy? America in Italian Culture provides a scholarly and captivating narrative of this epochal shift in Italian culture.

Telecommunications Strategy

Author : Peter Curwen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134293348
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Telecommunications Strategy written by Peter Curwen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-12 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The telecommunications industry is one of the most influential and significant global industries. As well as being fundamentally important to the health of the modern economy, it is going through a period of unprecedented change, facing a range of strategic challenges from globalization and cross-border alliances, to changing technologies and consumer demands. This innovative book provides a comprehensive analysis of the key players in the industry and uses their experiences to illustrate the strategic decisions and dilemmas that have led to both notable successes and infamous failures. Case studies from the US, UK and Europe are presented to illustrate key strategic concepts in the industry including: managing ascent and decline convergence and specialization protecting core markets managing industrial transition. Combining in-depth analysis with focused discussion of the strategic context, this key text will be of interest to students on specialist telecommunications and information management courses as well as MBA students interested in the strategic analysis of this evolving global industry.

California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs

Author : California (State).
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs written by California (State). and published by . This book was released on with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Musical Creativity

Author : Irène Deliège
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135422680
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Musical Creativity written by Irène Deliège and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2006-10-16 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection initiates a resolutely interdisciplinary research dynamic specifically concerning musical creativity. Creativity is one of the most challenging issues currently facing scientific psychology and its study has been relatively rare in the cognitive sciences, especially in artificial intelligence. This book will address the need for a coherent and thorough exploration. Musical Creativity: Multidisciplinary Research in Theory and Practice comprises seven sections, each viewing musical creativity from a different scientific vantage point, from the philosophy of computer modelling, through music education, interpretation, neuroscience, and music therapy, to experimental psychology. Each section contains discussions by eminent international specialists of the issues raised, and the book concludes with a postlude discussing how we can understand creativity in the work of eminent composer, Jonathan Harvey. This unique volume presents an up-to-date snapshot of the scientific study of musical creativity, in conjunction with ESCOM (the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music). Describing many of the different aspects of musical creativity and their study, it will form a useful springboard for further such study in future years, and will be of interest to academics and practitioners in music, psychology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, neuroscience and other fields concerning the study of human cognition in this most human of behaviours.

LIFE

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1958-05-19 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti

Author : Annie Vanderbilt
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101078952
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti written by Annie Vanderbilt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The coast of Southern France sparkles in this sexy, mature, and engaging debut novel. Lily has come to southern France in search of a new perspective, hoping that the sun?s soft rays and the fragrant sea breezes will provide a relaxing respite from the demands of her lively daughter and her family?s Idaho cattle ranch. Two years after her husband?s sudden death, in the house that?s been in his family for generations, she finally finds some stolen weeks to make sense of the past. To Madame Olivetti?her cranky old manual typewriter?Lily entrusts all her secrets, pounding out the story of the men she loved, the betrayals she endured, the losses she still regrets. And with the companionship of Yves, the seductive handyman who comes by to make repairs, Lily comes closer to understanding her exhilarating past?and to discovering she has a new story to tell?one about the delights of starting over.

Cyberspace & Repositioning Of Corporations

Author : S. Shiva Ramu
Publisher : Universities Press
ISBN 13 : 9788173710384
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Cyberspace & Repositioning Of Corporations written by S. Shiva Ramu and published by Universities Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Managing Information Technology in Multinational Corporations

Author : Edward Mozley Roche
Publisher : Barraclough Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780024026903
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Managing Information Technology in Multinational Corporations written by Edward Mozley Roche and published by Barraclough Ltd. This book was released on 1992 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: