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- Title: Where Wizards Stay Up Late The Origins of the Internet
- Edition: 1996-08-01
- Binding: Hardcover
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Where Wizards Stay Up Late The Origins of the Internet
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Katie Hafner
- Category: Networking - Computers
- ISBN: 9780684832678
- ISBN10: 0684832674
- Edition: Reprint
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publish Date: 1998-01-01
- Binding: Paperback
- Dimensions: 52.50 L x 31.50 W x 4.50 H
- Weight: 3.90 lbs
Description:
In the 1960s, when computers were regarded as mere giant calculators, J.C.R. Licklider at MIT and a band of brave and brilliant computer whizzes began work on a nationwide network of interlocking computers. This book captures the hard work, genius, and happy accidents of their daring adventure. of photos.
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"This able book fills a growing need, as myriads of new people arrive daily on the Internet unprepared for peculiarities that are the product of 25 years of evolution."
--Stewart Brand, Wired
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