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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wheeler, Tom, 1946- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : The Brookings Institution, [2019]
Subjects:
Technology and civilization.
Printing > History.
Railroads > History.
Telegraph > History.
Computer networks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Perspective. Connections have consequences
  • part II. Predicates. The original information revolution
  • The first high-speed network and the death of distance
  • The first electronic network and the end of time
  • part III. The road to revolution. Computing engines
  • Connected computing
  • The planet's most powerful and pervasive platform
  • part IV. Our turn
  • The history we are making
  • Connecting forward.