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- Title
- Where Wizards Stay Up Late : The Origins of the Internet
- Author
- Hafner, Katie; Lyon, Matthew
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0684832674
- ISBN 13
- 9780684832678
In the 1960s, when computers were regarded as giant calculators, J.C.R. Licklider at MIT saw them as the ultimate communication device. With Defence Department funds, he and a band of computer whizzes began work on a nationwide network of computers. This is an account of their daring adventure.
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About the Author
Katie Hafner is a technology correspondent at Newsweek and coauthor of Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier. Matthew Lyon and Katie Hafner are married and live in the San Francisco Bay area.
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