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The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power

Focused on peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power, The Contrarian brings Max Chafkin's biographical portrait to a complex and consequential subject. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the connected fields of biography & autobiography and history. Throughout, the author balances an accessible narrative with the complexity needed to understand motives, constraints, and disputed interpretations. Together, these elements make The Contrarian an accessible guide to the subject and the questions it continues to raise.

Publisher: The Penguin Press
Publication date: Sep 21, 2021
Format: Print edition
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9781984878533

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Biography & Autobiography: Business (Biography)Biography & Autobiography: Science & Technology History: United States – 21st Century

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