The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone - Softcover

Merchant, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0593078411 ISBN 13: 9780593078419

Publisher: Random House Uk, 2017

Synopsis

We know the iPhone as the device that transformed our world, changing everything from how we talk to each other and do business, to how we exercise, travel, shop, and watch TV. But packed within its slim profile is the fascinating, untold story of scientific, technological, and business breakthroughs--global in scope, sometimes centuries in the making, and coming from vastly different disciplines--that enabled Apple to create the most profitable product in history.

For all the time we spend swiping, tapping, and staring at iPhones, you think there would be few things we didn't know about these gadgets. But think again.

is a Magic School Bus trip inside the iPhone--traveling into its guts, peeling back its layers, and launching explorations that take us to the driest place on earth and a Mongolian lake of toxic sludge, down the Silk Road, into 19th century photography, and all the way back to Cupertino, California, where members of the original design team reflect on the earth-shattering work they did.

As multifaceted as the invention it follows, The One Device is a roving, wide-lens approach to tech history that engages the imagination as it explores the marvel of engineering that millions of us use each day.

About this title

About the Author

Brian Merchant is an editor at Motherboard, VICE's science and technology outlet, the founder/editor of its online fiction outlet Terraform, and his work has appeared in the Guardian, Slate, VICE Magazine, Salon, FastCompany, Discovery, GOOD, Paste and Grist as well as on the front pages of Reddit, Digg and Slashdot.

Review

"A road map for design and engineering genius, an anthropology of the modern age and an unprecedented view into one of the most secretive companies in history." * Financial Times * "Merchant tells a far richer story than I - having covered Apple for years as a journalist - have seen before." -- Lev Grossman * New York Times * "The best account of the contemporary world's single greatest technological miracle." * Bloomberg, Must Reads of 2017 * "Brian Merchant is a lovely writer... formidable... fascinating." -- Hugo Rifkind * The Times * "A remarkable tale... the story it tells is compelling, even addictive - almost as addictive as the iPhone itself" * The Wall Street Journal *

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Uk
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593078411
• ISBN 13: 9780593078419
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416