书名：Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Young Readers Edition埃隆马斯克传记儿童版
读者对象：8岁及以上
作者：Ashlee Vance
出版社名称：HarperCollins
出版时间：2017
语种：英文
ISBN：9780062463272
商品尺寸：13 x 1.5 x 19.4 cm
包装：平装
页数：288
小罗勃道尼要跟他见面，才知道如何饰演钢铁人；
Google创办人佩吉愿意把财富交给他，相信他会为人类打造永续未来；
他的Space X火箭可与美国NASA、俄国和中国力拼；
他的Tesla电动车将会翻转世界汽车工业排名；
他就是世界著名的企业家和工程师、电影「钢铁人」的原型——埃隆·马斯克！

美国商业专栏作家阿什利·万斯用Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Young Readers Edition《埃隆·马斯克传记儿童版》这本书，记录了马斯克从粗放贫瘠的南非到国际商业世界的不凡之旅，用细腻的笔触描绘了他的传奇人生。孩子们在阅读本书的过程中，能够了解一个真实的马斯克，从他身上学习到创新和永不言弃的精神，以及今后在自己的人生道路上茁壮成长的能力。

This fascinating and easily accessible paperback young readers’ adaptation of Ashlee Vance’s New York Times bestselling Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future features black-and-white photographs throughout and an epilogue.
The version for adults has been praised as “riveting” (The Financial Times), “spirited” (The Wall Street Journal), and “masterful” (Vice). Now younger readers can read about this innovative leader who is revolutionizing three industries at once: space, automotive, and energy.
There are few people in history who could match Elon Musk’s relentless drive and vision. A modern combination of famous inventors and industrialists like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Steve Jobs, Elon is the man behind companies such as SpaceX, Tesla Motors, SolarCity, and PayPal that are transforming the way we live.
Written with exclusive access to Elon, his family, and his friends, this book traces Elon’s journey from a kid in South Africa to a young man in the United States, his dramatic technical inventions, and his world-changing companies. Elon has sparked new levels of innovation in the world, and this book gives young readers a detailed but fast-paced look at his story.
A Junior Library Guild Selection!

Review
"Vance maintains a lively pace and explains the groundbreaking technology in a way that is accessible and exciting....Highly recommended for high school and ambitious middle school readers for its insights into Musk, technology, and venture capitalism."--School Library Journal

"Musk may not be as instantly recognizable to teens as Zuckerberg or Jobs, but given his work with PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX, he should be. Vance delves into all of his work with detailed passion.--Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books

"Along with views of youth and early geekdom...[Vance] relates suspenseful accounts of technical and financial crises, conducts tours of Musks factories...and brings his story up to early 2016. Overall, the author offers a picture of a brilliant, driven man...A modern American success story, neither overly earnest nor unreservedly adulatory."--Kirkus Reviews

"An informative and easy-to-follow biography of one of todays top innovators for young readers."--Booklist

"A valuable addition to STEM-themed collections."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
排名超过Google、苹果的特斯拉电动车，如何让技术好到其他汽车大厂都需要它？
初创为太空站运输物资的私人航太公司SpaceX，如何以不可思议的低成本，一再创造科学与商业的奇迹？

十七岁就离家勇闯天涯的马斯克，从一个在加拿大四处打工的背包客、两度被自己一手创立的公司踢出门，蜕变成为今日世界百大影响力人物，更从硅谷IT界跨足太空业、称霸电动车，这位非典型连续创业家的创新秘密，将彻底改变你对未来的想象！

马斯克跟贾伯斯一样，都被称为「改变世界的科技狂人」，但他的梦想显然更大也更疯狂。卖座电影「钢铁人」就是以马斯克为原型。他是风格独具的梦想家、创业家与工业家，也是眼光独到、一再开创新商业模式的企业家。

他跨领域挑起四大尖端产业的革命，从PayPal，到成立SpaceX、特斯拉、太阳城与推出Hyperloop计画，每个事业历程都非常棘手，他却能让每次都有所突破，让世界惊艳。

向马斯克学狂想与实做，掌握新思潮，了解这一代创业家、企业家缺少什么？哪一种产业、行业、能力被低估？工作者如何面对新时代？你也可以成为主导自己未来的钢铁人！
阿什利·万斯（Ashlee Vance），美国商业专栏作家、资深科技记者，是世界著名的科技作者之一。曾任职于《经济学人》，为《纽约时报》报道硅谷和科技产业新闻多年，现任职于《彭博商业周刊》，为该杂志撰写了数十篇封面及特别报导，内容涵盖网络、DNA序列和太空探索。

Ashlee Vance is one of the most prominent writers on technology today. After spending several years reporting on Silicon Valley and technology for the New York Times, Vance went to Bloomberg Businessweek, where he has written dozens of cover and feature stories for the magazine on topics ranging from cyber espionage to DNA sequencing and space exploration.
This question came from Elon Musk near the end of a dinner we shared at a fancy seafood restaurant in Palo Alto, California. I’d gotten to the restaurant first and settled down, knowing Musk would—as always—be late. After about fifteen minutes, Musk showed up wearing designer jeans, a plaid dress shirt, and leather shoes.
Musk stands six foot one, but ask anyone who knows him and they’ll tell you he seems much bigger than that. He’s extremely broad-shouldered, sturdy, and thick. You might guess that he would strut when entering a room. Instead, he tends to be almost sheepish. This time, he walked with his head tilted down, gave me a quick handshake hello, and then sat at the table. From there, Musk needed a few minutes before he warmed up and looked at ease.
Musk asked me to dinner to negotiate. Eighteen months earlier, I’d informed him of my plans to write a book about him. He’d informed me of his plans not to cooperate and do interviews for the book. His rejection stung at the time but made me work harder as a reporter. I’d spent the last year and a half digging for sources of information and poring over Musk’s life. Plenty of people had left Musk’s companies—PayPal, Tesla Motors, and SpaceX—and agreed to talk to me. Plus, I already knew a lot of his friends, and they too had plenty of stories to share.
It was after interviewing about two hundred of these people that I heard from Musk again. He called me at home one evening and said that things could go one of two ways: he could start blocking people from talking to me or he could help with the project after all. I, of course, said I preferred the second option.
Musk said he’d be willing to cooperate if he could read the book before it went to publication and could add footnotes throughout it. He would not change my text, but he wanted the chance to set the record straight in spots that he judged inaccurate.