{"product_id":"elon-musk-tesla-spacex-and-the-quest-for-a-fantastic-future-isbn-9780062301253","title":"Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller and Gift Idea for Entrepreneurs and Elon Musk Fans\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the spirit of \u003ci\u003eSteve Jobs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/i\u003e, this authorized Elon Musk biography is both an illuminating look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs—a real-life Tony Stark—and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new \"makers.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eElon Musk\u003c\/i\u003e spotlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, who sold one of his first startup companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. 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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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThorough and insightful, \u003ci\u003eElon Musk\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life a technology industry that is rapidly and dramatically changing by examining the life of one of its most powerful and influential titans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis essential business biography reveals the full story behind the headlines:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTechnology and Innovation:\u003c\/b\u003e Go inside the dramatic technical breakthroughs and entrepreneurial pursuits that define SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, from dramatic innovations to near-crippling setbacks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom South Africa to Silicon Valley:\u003c\/b\u003e Trace Musk’s journey from a tumultuous upbringing in South Africa to becoming one of the most powerful and unpredictable titans of American business history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVisionary Leadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover why Ashlee Vance compares Musk to a contemporary amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Future of American Invention:\u003c\/b\u003e Explore one of the most pressing questions of our age: can the nation of inventors who led the modern world for a century still compete in an age of fierce global competition?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eVeteran technology journalist Ashlee Vance offers an unprecedented look into the remarkable life of the most daring entrepreneur of our time. \u003cem\u003eElon Musk\u003c\/em\u003e paints a portrait of a complex man who has renewed American industry and sparked new levels of innovation—from PayPal to Tesla, SpaceX, and SolarCity—overcoming hardship, earning billions, and making plenty of enemies along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“[T]his work will likely serve as the definitive account of a man whom so far we’ve seen mostly through caricature. By the final pages, too, any reader will sense the need to put comparisons to Steve Jobs aside. Give Musk credit. There is no one like him.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mr. Vance tells the stories of both SpaceX and Tesla with intricacy and insight. . . . What does come through is a sense of legitimate wonder at what humans can accomplish when they aim high, and aim weird. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDwight Garner, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] spirited and riveting biography.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The SpaceX and Tesla founder certainly sees setbacks as an unavoidable part of innovation. But a brilliant new biography paints a picture of him as an obsessive, intolerant perfectionist. 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