From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future

ISBN-13: 9780815735328 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 300 str.

Tom Wheeler

Opis

Network revolutions of the past have shaped the present and set the stage for the revolution we are experiencing today. In this fascinating book, Tom Wheeler brings to life the two great network revolutions of the past and uses them to help put in perspective the confusion, uncertainty, and even excitement most people face today.

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Prologue
• Part I: Perspective
• 1. Connections Have Consequences
• Part II: Predicates
• 2. The Original Information Revolution
• 3. The First High-Speed Network and the Death of Distance
• 4. The First Electronic Network and the End of Time
• Part III: The Road to Revolution
• 5. Computing Engines
• 6. Connected Computing
• 7. The Planet's Most Powerful and Pervasive Platform
• Part IV: Our Turn
• 8. The History We Are Making
• 9. Connecting Forward
• Epilogue
• Notes
• Index