It's Cool To Be Clever: The story of Edson C. Hendricks, the genius who invented the design for the Internet
IT'S COOL TO BE CLEVER tells the true story of an inquisitive boy in the 1950s who doesn't fit in at school. Edson Hendricks is bullied because he is so smart (people accuse him of getting answers from his father who is the principal) and has red hair. He finds comfort in an imaginary world where he has machine parts, and no internal organs or emotions.
Years later, Edson's strange capacity to think like a machine helps him create a new way for computers...
It's Cool To Be Clever: The story of Edson C. Hendricks, the genius who invented the design for the Internet