Elon Musk and the quest for a fantastic future
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New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017].
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017].
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Book
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280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Reading Level
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Level 8.3, 11 Points
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1150

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This book spotlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, who sold one of his internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius's life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits. Vance uses Musks story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age: can the nation of inventors and creators who led the modern world for a century still compete in an age of fierce global competition? He argues that Musk is a contemporary amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs.
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Ages 10-13.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Vance, A. (2017). Elon Musk and the quest for a fantastic future (Young readers' edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Vance, Ashlee. 2017. Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Vance, Ashlee. Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Vance, Ashlee. Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Young readers' edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017.

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