John Naughton A Brief History of the Future (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: A Brief History of the FutureCondition: NewEAN: 9780753810934ISBN: 9780753810934Publisher: Weidenfeld & NicolsonFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/05/2000Item Height: 196mmItem Length: 133mmItem Width: 27mmItem Weight: 302gAuthor: John NaughtonLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 075381093XDescription: The only book that tells the whole story of the internet from its origins in the 1940s to the advent of the worldwide web at the dawn of the 21st centuryThe Internet is the most remarkable thing human beings have built since the Pyramids. John Naughton's book intersperses wonderful personal stories with an authoritative account of where the Net actually came from, who invented it and why, and where it might be taking us. Most of us have no idea of how the Internet works or who created it. Even fewer have any idea of what it means for society and the future. In a cynical age, John Naughton has not lost his capacity for wonder. He examines the nature of his own enthusiasm for technology and traces its roots in his lonely childhood and in his relationship with his father. A Brief History of the Future is an intensely personal celebration of vision and altruism, ingenuity and determination and above all, of the power of ideas, passionately felt, to change the world.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Computing & InternetTopic: Society & CultureRelease Year: 2000 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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