Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

While Gates, Jobs, and the other big boys of Silicon Valley are basking in the glory of the information age, renowned
reporter Michael Hiltzik reveals how, back in the early '70s, a group of inventors at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) blazed the trail for all of today's indispensable technology — from the PC to email to ATMs to meteorologists' weather maps. And they did it without fanfare or recognition from their employer. Hiltzik's
provides a fascinating look at technohistory that sets the record straight.