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Levy, Steven and His Books on Hackers - technical definition
In 1984, Steven Levy wrote the book
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer
Revolution, which is held in high regard in the Computer Underground. Levy not only discussed many
important talents in the hacker world in this book but also detailed the tenets
of the Hacker’s Ethic—the foundation of hacker culture.
LevyÂ’s more recent books include UnicornÂ’s
Secret, Artificial Life,
Insanely Great, and Crypto. He is a senior technology
editor for Newsweek magazine.
See Also: Computer Underground (CU); White Hat Ethic.
Levy, S. Steven LevyÂ’s Home Page. [Online, 2004.] Steven LevyÂ’s Website. http://mosaic.echonyc.com/~steven/index.html.