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Best books to learn The history of the internet, in order
The internet was not invented once, and the popular story compresses at least four separate histories into one: a military-funded research network, a set of protocols argued out in public by graduate students, a hypertext system built at a physics lab, and a commercial industry that arrived last and now owns the result. This path keeps them apart.
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The history of the internet: books to read, in order
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- How should I approach learning the history of the internet?
- The internet was not invented once, and the popular story compresses at least four separate histories into one: a military-funded research network, a set of protocols argued out in public by graduate students, a hypertext system built at a physics lab, and a commercial industry that arrived last and now owns the result. This path keeps them apart.
- What's a good book to start the history of the internet with?
- A strong starting point is Dealers of Lightning by Michael A. Hiltzik. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.