Network geeks [electronic resource] : how they built the internet / Brian E. Carpenter.

The impact on modern society made by the Internet is immeasurable. Yet some questioned "why anyone would want such a thing" when the idea was first introduced. Part history, part memoir and part cultural study, Network Geeks charts the creation of the Internet and the establishment of the...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Carpenter, Brian E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Copernicus, ©2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • Hey Folks!
  • Before My Time
  • Where Do Geeks Come From?
  • Going Up
  • In Control
  • Two Ivory Towers
  • Diversity
  • Economy Class
  • Parallel Universes
  • The Years of Miraculous Growth
  • Going Under.