Elon Musk af Walter Isaacson
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A no. 1 New York Times non-fiction bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year award. Epic feats. Epic failures. An epic story. Walter Isaacson charts Elon Musk’s journey from humble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet. From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era – a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter. When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue and charismatic fantasist. His father’s impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive. At the beginning of 2022 – after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth – Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of Twitter, the world’s ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground. For two years, Walter Isaacson had unprecedented access. He shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?
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Elon Musk af Walter Isaacson

Elon Musk

af Walter Isaacson

Med forord af

Oversat af Jakob Levinsen

Indbundet bog, 708 sider

ISBN: 9788743403968

Udgivet 11-09-2023 af Gutkind Forlag

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B
i Berlingske
anmeldt af Peter Nedergaard 19-09-2023
En usædvanlig god biografi
Gennemresearchet, uden glansbilleder og med interessante spørgsmål

Usædvanlig god biografi får Elon Musk tæt på læseren

Walter Isaacson gennemresearchede biografi om Elon Musk er baseret på over 100 interviews. Den kontroversielle milliardær kommer i sjælden grad til live. [Kort uddrag]

83/100
JP
i Jyllands-Posten
anmeldt af David Trads 19-09-2023
Underholdende, skarp, kritisk, sjov, og, ja, ofte også skræmmende
En hæsblæsende rejse gennem et af klodens allermest spændende og allermest kontroversielle menneskers liv

Underholdende, skarp, kritisk, sjov og ja, ofte også skræmmende

Walter Isaacsons ambitiøse biografi om serieiværksætteren Elon Musk tegner billedet af et visionært, men også hensynsløst og socialt afstumpet menneske, som driver sine virksomheder på en energi, der har rødder i al den smerte og modgang, hans barndom og ungdom bød på. [Kort uddrag]

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i Politiken
anmeldt af Jes Stein Pedersen 13-09-2023
Spændende ... tapper ind i den ultimative fortælling om menneskelig formåen
67/100
WA
Glimrende anmeldelse i Weekendavisen
anmeldt af Markus Bernsen 15-09-2023
Walter Isaacsons biografi om Elon Musk stiller en troværdig diagnose

Nørdens hævn

Muskologi. Walter Isaacsons biografi om Elon Musk stiller en troværdig diagnose af manden, men ikke af den samtid, som forguder ham. [Kort uddrag]

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Glimrende anmeldelse i Information
anmeldt af Mathias Sindberg 22-09-2023
Et brutalt portræt af et rædsomt menneske

Et brutalt portræt af et rædsomt menneske

Elon Musk er et dårligt menneske og et blændende geni, hedder det i en ny biografi, som er skrevet på den præmis, at verden bliver skabt af store mænd, fortrinsvist i og omkring Silicon Valley. [Kort uddrag]

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Glimrende anmeldelse fra Bogblogger.dk
anmeldt af Claus Henriksen 17-11-2023
En helt igennem fascinerende bog