TomMahon

TomMahon

Author of Charged Bodies, People. Power and the Paradoxes that formed Silicon Valley

CHARGED BODIES, my award-winning book about the creation of Silicon Valley, is 50% off until May 21

The 40th Anniversary edition of CHARGED BODIES, my award-winning, non-fiction book about the creation of Silicon Valley, is 50% off until May 21.

Lee Felsenstein, Personal Computing Pioneer; Moderator, Homebrew Computer Club 1975-1986 –
“This should be a required read – a survey text – about the history and the future of technology development in Silicon Valley for all who wish to venture a pertinent opinion. Anyone bloviating about Silicon Valley will need to remain anchored to this book or risk drifting away into irrelevance.”

Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet — “Read Chapter 24 (Afterword) first. You will then know why the book is worth your time to read. Then read the rest of the book that puts Silicon Valley in context.

John Markoff, What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer — “Charged Bodies is a captivating archeological snapshot of Silicon Valley during its transformative years. It is clear that Tom Mahon captured the Valley’s essence — the diversity of talent that converged on the San Francisco Peninsula during the 1980s to create a modern day Florence.

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