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The Soul of a New Machine

by Tracy Kidder · 1981

Tracy Kidder's reported account of a computer-engineering team building a new minicomputer, discussed by Steve Wozniak in WIRED.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of a New Machine.

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The Soul of a New Machine

by Tracy Kidder · 1981

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Tracy Kidder · Author and journalist

I had never read such a book covering the work of engineers.
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WIRED · 2000-12-01 · accessed 2026-06-23

WIRED quotes Wozniak discussing The Soul of a New Machine and saying he had not read another book like it covering engineers' work.

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