The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers
- Author
- Tom Standage
- Publisher / Label
- Walker & Company
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English
- Publication year
- 2007
- Type of publication
- Book
- Number of pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9780802716040
Index
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.
