The victorian internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's on-line pioneers / Tom Standage.
| Author/creator | Standage, Tom author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Walker, 2007. |
| Copyright Date | ©2007 |
| Description | xv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Abstract | A new paperback edition of the first book by the bestselling author of "A History of the World in 6 Glasses"--The fascinating story of the telegraph, the world's first "Internet," which revolutionized the nineteenth century even more than the Internet has the twentieth and twenty first. "The Victorian Internet "tells the colorful story of the telegraph's creation and remarkable impact, and of the visionaries, oddballs, and eccentrics who pioneered it, from the eighteenth-century French scientist Jean-Antoine Nollet to Samuel F.B. Morse and Thomas Edison. The electric telegraph nullified distance and shrank the world quicker and further than ever before or since, and its story mirrors and predicts that of the Internet in numerous ways. |
| General note | Includes new Afterword. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-221) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 98024959 |
| ISBN | 0802716040 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780802716040 (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HE7631 .S677 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |