Name: Source Code : My Beginnings
Price: 1022.00 TWD
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Author: Bill Gates
ISBN: 9780241736678

Type

Physical Book

Author

Bill Gates

Publisher

Allen Lane

Year

2025

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

24.1cm x 16.3cm

ISBN13

9780241736678

Source Code : My Beginnings

Bill Gates (Author) · Allen Lane · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Source Code : My Beginnings"

Bill Gates is one of the most transformative figures of our age. In Source Code he takes us back to his beginnings. He describes with candour his childhood in Seattle, the centrality of family – his close relationship with his card-playing grandmother and his demanding but caring parents – his struggles to fit in, his rebelliousness, his first deep friendships and the impact of losing his closest friend.

We see Gates’s extraordinary mind developing, the restless teenager who discovered a love of coding and computing at the dawn of a new era and felt that ‘by applying my brain, I could solve even the world’s most complex mysteries’. We see the earliest signs of his phenomenal business acumen, which led him to drop out of Harvard at the age of 20 to devote all his energies to Microsoft, the company he started with his childhood friend Paul Allen. He writes about his first involvement with three Steves – Jobs, Wozniak and Ballmer – who would play a crucial role in so much that followed.

The book ends in the late 1970s when Microsoft, still with only a dozen employees, signed its first deal with Apple. The deals would go on and Microsoft would grow unimaginably. Yet Gates never forgot his mother’s reminder that he was merely a steward of any wealth that he gained.

This warm and inspiring book, Bill Gates’ origin story, allows readers to understand his energy and ambition – and to see how he sets himself in the world.

Bill Gates

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Bill Gates is a renowned technology expert, visionary entrepreneur, and global philanthropist. In 1975, he founded Microsoft with his childhood friend, Paul Allen, transforming the tech industry and revolutionizing personal computing. Currently, he co-chairs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the most influential philanthropic organizations in the world, focused on improving global health, reducing poverty, and expanding educational opportunities.

Additionally, Gates is the founder of Breakthrough Energy, an initiative that promotes the development and commercialization of technologies to combat climate change through clean energy. He is the author of several influential books, such as "The Road Ahead" (1995), "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster" (2021), and "Source Code" (2025), in which he addresses key issues on technology, sustainability, and the future of humanity. He resides in Medina, Washington, with his family.

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