Steven Levy
Steven Levy | |
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Author Steve Levy at a book signing at Nest Labs in Palo Alto, February 2014 | |
Born | 1951 (1951) (age 68) |
Occupation | Author, columnist |
Genre | Non-fiction (science-technology, business) |
Spouse | Teresa Carpenter |
Website | |
stevenlevy.com |
Steven Levy (born 1951) is an American journalist who has written several books on computers, technology, cryptography, the internet, cybersecurity, and privacy.
Contents
1 Career
2 Bibliography
2.1 Books
2.2 Essays and reporting
3 References
4 External links
Career
Levy is writer and Editor at Large for Wired.[1] He was previously chief technology writer and a senior editor for Newsweek. Levy has had articles published in Harper's, Macworld, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Premiere, and Rolling Stone. He is regarded as a prominent and respected critic of Apple Inc. In July 2004, Levy wrote a cover story (which also featured an interview with Apple CEO Steve Jobs) which unveiled the 4th generation of the iPod to the world before Apple had officially done so.[citation needed]
In 1984, he wrote a book called Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, in which he described a "hacker ethic", which became a guideline to understanding how computers have advanced into the machines that we know and use today. He identified this hacker ethic to consist of key points such as that all information is free, and that this information should be used to "change life for the better".
Levy won the "Computer Press Association Award" for a report he co-wrote in 1998 on the Year 2000 problem.
Levy was a contributor to Stewart Brand's Whole Earth Software Catalog, first published in 1984.
In 1978, Steven Levy rediscovered Albert Einstein's brain in the office of the pathologist who removed and preserved it.[2]
Levy received his bachelor's degree from Temple University and earned a Master's degree in literature from Pennsylvania State University.[3] He lives in New York City with his wife, Pulitzer Prize winner Teresa Carpenter, and son.
Bibliography
Books
Levy, Steven (1984). Hackers : heroes of the computer revolution. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
The Unicorn's Secret: Murder in the Age of Aquarius (1988)
Artificial Life: The Quest for a New Creation (1992)
Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything (1994)
Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age (2001)
The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness (2006)
In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives (2011)
Essays and reporting
Levy, Steven (Dec 2013). "Like minds". Wired. 21 (12): 234–244.
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References
^ https://www.wired.com/author/steven-levy/
^ "Einstein's Brain". About Steven. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
^ "About Steven Levy". Stevenlevy.com.
^ Wired often changes the title of a print article when it is published online. This article is titled "Bill Gates and President Bill Clinton on the NSA, Safe Sex, and American Exceptionalism" online.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Steven Levy. |
- Steven Levy's website
Works by Steven Levy at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Steven Levy at Internet Archive
Authors@Google: Steven Levy on YouTube
Lebowski Podcast Episode 27 - Steven Levy's Wish List Interview with Steven Levy about The Big Lebowski and his interview with the Coen Brothers.
Lebowski Podcast Episode 27a - Steven Levy on Technology Chalupa and Steven Levy talk about blogging, Twitter, internet security, etc.
Appearances on C-SPAN
- C-SPAN Q&A interview with Levy on The Perfect Thing, December 24, 2006