The victorian internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers
Title:
The victorian internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers
Author:
Standage, Tom.
ISBN:
9780802716040
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Publication Information:
New York : Walker, 2007.
Physical Description:
xv, 233 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
General Note:
Includes new Afterword.
Contents:
The mother of all networks -- Strange, fierce fire -- Electric skeptics -- The thrill electric -- Wiring the world -- Steam-powered messages -- Codes, hackers, and cheats -- Love over the wires -- War and peace in the global village -- Information overload -- Decline and fall -- The legacy of the telegraph.
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