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Inventing the Future - Albert Cory

Inventing the Future

By: Albert Cory, Samantha Mason (Editor), David Smith (Foreword by)

Paperback | 10 August 2021

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Imagine a time before everyone stared at a screen, before fonts, icons, mice, and laser printers, before Apple and Microsoft... But tucked away in El Segundo and Palo Alto, Xerox engineers were dreaming and secretly building the modern personal computer. 


Who were these people who changed the world, and why did corporate management just want to sell copiers and printers?


The author, Albert Cory, was one of the engineers, charged with making that dream a reality and unknowingly starting a revolution. Inventing the Future is based on the true story of the Xerox Star, the computer that changed everything.

Industry Reviews

"This is the first book I've seen take on modern technology through the lens of historical fiction. I would absolutely recommend it to academics and geeks and just anyone looking to expand their minds. What a gift!"

Charles Edge, of The History of Computing podcast


"I worked at Xerox SDD in Palo Alto from late 1976 to spring 1981. The book captures the spirit of a relatively small group ... building a revolutionary new product. Seeing and using the Alto from Xerox PARC was to see and feel the future. "

Paul McJones, Xerox operating system architect


"I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It reminds me of The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder in bringing to life the ups and downs of a difficult engineering project"

Dirk Kabcenell, Xerox file system architect


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