Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner And Matthew Lyon

Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner And Matthew Lyon

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Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner And Matthew Lyon

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.
Katie Hafner is a contributing editor, and the co-author of CYBERPUNK (Transworld). Matthew Lyon, her husband, is Assistant to the President of the University of Texas at Austin where they live.
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ISBN 13 9780743468374
ISBN 10 0743468376
Title Where Wizards Stay Up Late
Author Katie Hafner And Matthew Lyon
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Year published 2003-01-06
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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