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Biography sees Jobs as crossroad of humanities, science

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A genius for mixing the humanities and sciences coupled with a Svengali-like ability to motivate people powered Steve Jobs’s mission to change the world, biographer Walter Isaacson concludes in his exhaustive new study of the Apple co-founder. “Michelangelo knew a lot about how to quarry stone,…

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Jobs abrasive style drove some people away: biographer

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(Reuters) – Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs revolutionized multiple industries with his cutting-edge products but he was not the world’s best manager, biographer Walter Isaacson said. Jobs changed the course of personal computing during two stints atApple and then brought a revolution to the mobile market but the inspiring genius is known for his hard…

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Publisher pushes up Jobs bio release to October 24

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The release date for the first authorized biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been pushed forward to October 24 following his death, publisher Simon & Schuster said Thursday. The 656-page book by Walter Isaacson, entitled simply “Steve Jobs,” had been scheduled for release on November 21, according to Simon & Schuster’s publicity department, but the death of Jobson Wednesday…

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