- Paperback: 327 pages
- Publisher: Overlook Press; Reprint edition
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1585671843
- ISBN-13: 978-1585671847
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.3 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 526 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #833,250 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
I wish high school history had been like this,
This review is from: Brief History Of The Future (Paperback)
Next time you take a transcontinental flight to a technical conference, skip the airline movie and just read this wonderful book cover to cover. I wish history class in high school had been this much fun. Naughton has written the definitive history of the Internet so far. For example, when the Pentagon asked AT&T to build an early prototype of the Internet for them, AT&T pooh-poohed packet switching as a worthless idea concocted by some young whippersnapper (Paul Baran of the Rand Corp.) who knew nothing about proper telephone engineering. The book is full of anecdotes and funny stories. Great reading for old fogies and young fogies alike.
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The entire history of the Internet's development,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brief History of the Future: The Origins of the Internet (Hardcover)
What does the Internet mean for the future? An answer partially depends upon an analysis of the past, and John Naughton's Brief History of the Future is the first book to cover the entire history of the Internet's development, from those who first thought of it in the 1940s to the scientists and engineers who brought it to life. Anecdotes blend with history to provide an intriguing blend of personal and scientific observation.
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Great book - reads like a novel!,
By Jack R. Colegrove (Strongsville, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brief History of the Future: The Origins of the Internet (Hardcover)
Reads like a sci-fi novel while providing a solid understanding of how and why the Internet works. At times the detail is almost overdone but this only adds to the credibility of the author. I started with a Timex Sinclair computer and have lived through the period covered in this book without really understanding just what made the internet work. Now I know!
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