Leslie Berlin is Project Historian for the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford University. She has been a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences and served on the advisory committee to the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. She received her PhD in History from Stanford and her BA in American Studies from Yale. She has two college-age children and lives in Silicon Valley with her husband, whom she has known since they were both twelve years old. She is the author of Troublemakers.
"[A] deeply researched and dramatic narrative of Silicon Valley's
early years....meticulously told stories permit the reader to gain
a nuanced understanding of the emergence of the broader technology
ecosystem that has enabled Silicon Valley to thrive...compelling
history."--The New York Times
"There is much to learn from Berlin's account, particularly that
Silicon Valley has long provided the backdrop where technology,
elite education, institutional capital, and entrepreneurship
collide with incredible force."--CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
"While it is a hefty tome, the book is compelling as it maps out
the "building" of the Valley, the challenges its early tech
pioneers faced, as well highlighting those who reached dizzying
success only to suffer as the dotcom bubble burst."--FINANCIAL
TIMES
"Berlin's mixture of oral and documentary history will compel
readers interested in high-tech's origins."--Booklist
"Engrossing...Troublemakers offers a corrective to the regnant
great man theory of technological progress of which the virtuosic
Mr. Jobs is exhibit A. In narrating these innovations, Berlin shows
the village that brought them forth."--San Francisco Chronicle
"In this vigorous account, the first days were the hardest--and,
all in all, involved the most interesting players. ... A sturdy,
skillfully constructed work."--Kirkus Reviews
"Leslie Berlin is a master historian of Silicon Valley, and the
publication of this book is a landmark event. Kaleidoscopic,
ambitious, and brilliant, the book draws on a dazzling cast of
characters to chart the rise of the five industries that have come
to define technology today and, collectively, to remake the
world."--Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google and Executive Chairman
of Alphabet, Inc.
"Leslie Berlin combines the keen observations of an historian with
gorgeous writing and riveting storytelling to write the landmark
book on the Valley. The interwoven lives of wonderfully
iconoclastic characters bring the formative years of the Valley to
life with sheer brilliance. Troublemakers is a must-read for anyone
hoping to understand America's tech capital."--Julia Flynn Siler,
New York Times bestselling author of The House of Mondavi
"Leslie Berlin has done it again. Following on her richly
informative biography of Intel co-founder Robert Noyce, The Man
Behind the Microchip, Berlin now brings us a definitive account of
Silicon Valley's "breakthrough years" in the 1970s. Troublemakers
recounts the fascinating careers of six little-known but enormously
impactful players who shaped the Valley's unique high-tech
ecosystem. As entertaining as it is authoritative, Troublemakers is
required reading for anyone seeking to understand how the tech
revolution took root in the San Francisco Bay Area and eventually
transformed the entire planet's way of life."--David M. Kennedy,
Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford
University, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
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