The biography of Elon Musk On September 12, Walter Isaacson, who has published famous biographies of Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and other figures, will publish his most recent book, which will be devoted to Elon Musk. Preorders are already being accepted by Simon & Schuster for the 688-page book, which, based on the publisher's preview, appears to take a favorable perspective of the contentious owner of Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX. According to the book's website, bullies often beat up Elon Musk as a young child in South Africa. One day, a bunch of people kicked and shoved him down some concrete steps until his face swelled up like a ball of flesh. He spent a week in the hospital. The mental scars left by his father, an engineer and charismatic fantasist, however, were much worse than the physical ones. The publisher claims that Musk's childhood had a profound effect on his personality, transforming him into "a tough yet vulnerable man-child, prone to abrupt J...