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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet

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ISBN 10: 0684832674 / 0-684-83267-4
ISBN 13: 9780684832678
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Softcover
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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, September 1996

 

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