Elon Musk
As a kid in South Africa, Musk was regularly beaten by bullies; he once was in the hospital for a week after a beating. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist. Musk developed into a man-child, with an ex...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2023.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: | As a kid in South Africa, Musk was regularly beaten by bullies; he once was in the hospital for a week after a beating. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist. Musk developed into a man-child, with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive. In 2022, after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth, Musk was secretly buying up shares of Twitter. Now he had a chance to own the playground. Isaacson fills in the tales of triumphs and turmoil, addressing the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress? -- adapted from jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 670 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-636) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781982181284 1982181281 |
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