Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet - Couverture souple

Matthew Lyon, Katie Hafner And

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0743468376 ISBN 13 : 9780743468374

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2003

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

David Plotnikoff San Jose Mercury News The book, almost certainly destined to be the definitive work on the birth and early years of the Internet, is sweeping in scope....Whoever chooses to write the next chapter in the saga...has a tough act to follow.

Daniel Akst Los Angeles Times Important...meticulous...admirably straightforward.

Lars Eighner The Texas Observer In all the dreck and dross of Internet books, here is a brilliant gem...remarkably well written.

Mark Baechtel The Washington Post Excellent...makes for crackling entertainment...reawakens a sense of wonder in readers jaded by too much Internet hype.

Richard Bernstein The New York Times Book Review If you always wanted to know who put the 'at' sign in your E-mail address, then Where Wizards Stay Up Late is the book for you.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Twenty five years ago, it didn't exist. Today, over twenty million people worldwide are surfing the Net. WHERE WIZARDS STAY UP LATE is the exciting story of the pioneers responsible for creating the most talked about, most influential, and most far-reaching communications breakthrough since the invention of the telephone.
In the 1960's, when computers were regarded as mere giant calculators, J.C.R Licklider at MIT saw them as the ultimate communications devices. With Defense Department funds, he and a band of visionary computer whizzes began work on a nationwide, interlocking network of computers. Taking readers behind the scenes, WHERE WIZARDS STAY UP LATE captures the hard work, genius, and happy accidents of their daring, stunningly successful venture.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0743468376
• ISBN 13: 9780743468374
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320