Where Wizards Stay Up Late

The Origins of the Internet

Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

1998 | Touchstone ed
Simon & Schuster (Verlag)
978-0-684-83267-8 (ISBN)

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In the 1960s, when computers were regarded as giant calculators, J.C.R. Licklider at MIT saw them as the ultimate communication device. With Defence Department funds, he and a band of computer whizzes began work on a nationwide network of computers. This is an account of their daring adventure.

Twenty five years ago, it didn't exist. Today, 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 where 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.

Katie Hafner is a technology correspondent at Newsweek and coauthor of Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier. Matthew Lyon and Katie Hafner are married and live in the San Francisco Bay area.

Zusatzinfo	8pp b&w halftones
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 213 mm
Gewicht	299 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
ISBN-10	0-684-83267-4 / 0684832674
ISBN-13	978-0-684-83267-8 / 9780684832678
Zustand	Neuware