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020 $a9780062301253 (pbk.) :$cNT$595
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050 4$aHC102.5.M88$bV36 2017
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100 1 $aVance, Ashlee,.
245 10$aElon Musk :$bTesla, SpaceX, and the quest for a fantastic future /$cAshlee Vance.
246 30$aTesla, SpaceX, and the quest for a fantastic future.
250 $aFirst Ecco paperback edition.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,$c2017.
300 $a402 p. :$bill. (chiefly color) ;$c21 cm.
500 $aWith new and updated material -- Cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 00$tElon's world --$tAfrica --$tCanada --$tElon's first start-up --$tPayPal mafia boss --$tMice in space --$tAll electric --$tPain, suffering and survival --$tLiftoff --$tThe revenge of the electric car --$tThe unified field theory of Elon Musk.
520 $aElon Musk, the entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, sold one of his internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius's life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits. Vance uses Musk's story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age: can the nation of inventorsand creators who led the modern world for a century still compete in an age of fierce global competition? He argues that Musk is an amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs. More than any other entrepreneur today, Musk has dedicated his energies and his own vast fortune to inventing a future that is as rich and far-reaching as the visionaries of the golden age of science-fiction fantasy.
600 10$aMusk, Elon.
650 0$aInventors$vBiography.
650 0$aTechnological innovations$xEconomic aspects.
650 0$aBusinesspeople$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0$aBusinesspeople names/n79023005$vBiography.