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Elon Musk Kindle Edition
- Print length 680 pages
- Language English
- Publisher Simon & Schuster
- Publication date September 12, 2023
- File size 96389 KB
- Page Flip Enabled
- Word Wise Enabled
- Enhanced typesetting Enabled
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- ASIN : B0BW9TRGKV
- Publisher : Simon & Schuster (September 12, 2023)
- Publication date : September 12, 2023
- Language : English
- File size : 96389 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 680 pages
- #1 in Biographies of Scientists
- #1 in Biographies of Business Professionals
- #1 in Business & Management Technology History
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Walter isaacson.
Walter Isaacson is writing a biography of Elon Musk. He is the author of The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race; Leonardo da Vinci; Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution; and Kissinger: A Biography. He is also the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He is a Professor of History at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chairman of CNN, and editor of Time magazine.
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