Where Wizards Stay Up Late

By - Hafner, Katie , Lyon, Matthew

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Touchstone, New York, 2003

ISBN 10 - 0743468376

ISBN 13 - 9780743468374

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Internet

Shelf No - 7

Call Number - 004.678 HAF

Physical Description - 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm

Notes - Includes Bibliography and Index

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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.

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