The Disruptors

ISBN: 9789389305647
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House 
Language: English
Author: Alan Axelrod
Year in Print: 2021
Binding: Paperback
About the Book:
50 People Who Changed the World Includes stories of people such as: Isaac Newton Albert Einstein Nikola Tesla Marie Curie Mohandas Gandhi Steve Jobs Jeff Bezos Elon Musk Madonna Meet 50 women and men who broke the rules and changed the world What does Charles Darwin have in common with Johannes Gutenberg—or with Jackson Pollock, Martin Luther, Betty Friedan, Steve Jobs, and DJ Kool Herc? They were the disruptors, upending established cultural, technical, spiritual, or scientific paradigms and altering the way we live forever. In The Disruptors, author Alan Axelrod presents dramatic and illuminating profiles, accompanied by line drawings, of 50 visionaries who didn’t settle for the status quo. Their innovations range from the printing press (Gutenberg) to the fight for women’s equality (Friedan), from the iPhone (Jobs) to the innovation of hip-hop (Harc). They altered expectations about what constitutes art (Pollock), who controlled the way people worshiped (Luther), and where humanity came from (Darwin).