Where wizards stay up late / Hafner, Katie

Examines the origins of the Internet discussing how a small group of computer whizzes had the foresight to see computers as a communications tool and through persistance, luck, and some accidents created the Internet.

Some extraordinary computer scientists developed the Arpanet with the Department of Defense in the late 1960s. This is their story.

Examines the origins of the Internet discussing how a small group of computer whizzes had the foresight to see computers as a communications tool and through persistence, luck, and some accidents created the Internet.