Descript |
xv, 233 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
Note |
Includes new Afterword. |
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Originally published: New York : Walker, 1998. |
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. |
ISBN |
9780802716040 |
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0802716040 |
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