Removingthesleeve(封套)youwillfindabookthatisentirelywhiteexceptforthenamesofitsauthorandsubjectinelegantblacktypeonthecover.Itistheperfectdesignforthebiographyofamanwhoinsistedthateventheinsidesofhisproductsbeperfectlyconstructedandthathisfactorywailsflashinthewhitestwhite.
ThecoverwastheonlypartofthebookSteveJobswantedtocontrolwritesIsaacsoninhisintroduction.ThoughMr.JobspushedthebiographerofAlbertEinsteinandBenjaminFranklintowriteinhisownwaygenerouslyallowingthewritermorethan40interviewsthisbookoffersquiteadifferentviewofMr.JobswhowonmuchpraisefromhisfansafterhisdeathonOctober5thattheageof56.
AsabiographerofAlbertEinsteinandBenjaminFranklinMr.Isaacsonknowshowtocelebratelong-deadgeniusbutheclaimedthat"SteveJobs"wouldnotbeentirelypraisefulwords.Thepicturehepaintsparticularlyinthefirsthalfofthisbookisnotnice.Mr.Jobsemergesasacontrollingandoftencold-bloodedcharacter.Achildofthe1960scounter-culture(反主流文化)hehatedmaterialismandlivedinsimplyfurnishedhouses(inpartbecausehewastooparticularaboutfurniture).ButwhenApplewentpublicin1980herefusedtogiveanysharetoDanielKottkeaIongtimesupporterandsoulmatefromcollege."Hehastoabandonthepeopleheiscloseto"observesAndyHertzfeldanearlyAppleengineer.
Mr.Jobswasundoubtedlypossessinganextraordinaryabilitytoattractothersandinspireakindoffaiththatcouldnotbequestioned.Butalsohecouldbecoldandcruel.Ifhedisapprovedofanemployee'sworkheoftenshamedhim."ThisiswhoIam"heoncesaidafterbeingchallenged"andyoucan'texpectmetobesomeoneI'mnot."Thisdisgustingpersonalitywasn'talwayshelpfulbutitservedapurposewritesMr.Isaacsonmanywould"endtheirchainofhorrorstoriesbysayingthathegotthemtodothingstheyneverdreamedpossible."
Mr.Isaacsontreats"SteveJobs"asthebiographyofrecordwhichmeansthatitisastrangebooktoreadsosoonafteritssubject'sdeath.
1.ThebiographyforJobsisbelievedtohavetheperfectdesignbecause__
A．itfollowsJobs'style
B．itscoverisentirelywh