The origin story of one of the most influential and transformative business leaders and philanthropists of the modern age The business triumphs of Bill Gates are widely known: the twenty-year-old who dropped out of Harvard to start a software company that became an industry giant and changed the way the world works and lives; the billionaire many times over who turned his attention to philanthropic pursuits to address climate change, global health, and U.S. education.   Source Code is not about Microsoft or the Gates Foundation or the future of technology. It’s the human, personal story of how Bill Gates became who he is today: his childhood, his early passions and pursuits. It’s the story of his principled grandmother and ambitious parents, his first deep friendships and the sudden death of his best friend; of his struggles to fit in and his discovery of a world of coding and computers in the dawn of a new era; of embarking...
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本书创作于比尔·盖茨卸任微软CEO之后,正值个人电脑产业蓬勃发展、互联网兴起并深刻改变社会之际。盖茨回顾个人成长经历,旨在为读者提供关于创新、领导力和个人发展的启示。同时,本书也反映了美国科技产业发展的黄金时代,以及个人电脑如何从实验室走向千家万户的历史进程。