The Hacker Ethic
Encyclopedia
The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age is a 2001-year book written by Pekka Himanen
, with prologue written by Linus Torvalds
and the epilogue written by Manuel Castells
.
Pekka Himanen
defines himself as philosopher
. Manuel Castells
is an internationally well-known sociologist
. Linus Torvalds is the creator of the Linux
operating system
. The book has the ISBN 978-0375505669.
Pekka Himanen
-Biography:Pekka Himanen defines himself as a philosopher and a public intellectual. He studied philosophy at the University of Helsinki. In 1994, with his thesis on the philosophy of religion, The challenge of Bertrand Russell, he received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the same university, thus...
, with prologue written by Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish software engineer and hacker, best known for having initiated the development of the open source Linux kernel. He later became the chief architect of the Linux kernel, and now acts as the project's coordinator...
and the epilogue written by Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells is a sociologist especially associated with information society and communication research....
.
Pekka Himanen
Pekka Himanen
-Biography:Pekka Himanen defines himself as a philosopher and a public intellectual. He studied philosophy at the University of Helsinki. In 1994, with his thesis on the philosophy of religion, The challenge of Bertrand Russell, he received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the same university, thus...
defines himself as philosopher
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
. Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells is a sociologist especially associated with information society and communication research....
is an internationally well-known sociologist
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
. Linus Torvalds is the creator of the Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
. The book has the ISBN 978-0375505669.
External links
- Book in Google books
- first chapter