Tom Standage is the former science correspondent/technology editor and current business at the ECONOMIST magazine.
He is the author of Writing on the Wall: Social Media-The First 2000 Years, the bestseller A History of the World in 6 Glasses, An Edible History of Humanity, The Turk, and The Neptune File, and The Victorian Internet.
He is married and lives in Greenwich, London.
"A fascinating walk through a pivotal period in human history."--USA Today
For many people, the Internet is the epitome of cutting-edge technology. But in the nineteenth century, the first online communications network was already in place--the telegraph. And at the time, it was just as perplexing, controversial, and revolutionary as the Internet is today.
The Victorian Internet tells the story of the telegraph's creation and remarkable impact, and of the visionaries, oddballs, and eccentrics who pioneered it. With the invention of the telegraph, the world of communications was forever changed. The telegraph gave rise to creative business practices and new forms of crime. Romances blossomed over its wires. And attitudes toward everything from news gathering to war had to be completely rethought. The saga of the telegraph offers many parallels to that of the Internet in our own time, and is a remarkable episode in the history of technology.
* Illustrated throughout
* A masterful, lively blend of science and history, in the bestselling tradition of Longitude
"Fascinating...If you've ever hankered for a perspective on media Net hype, this book is for you."--Wired
"Sparkling."--Forbes
"Essential reading for those caught up in our own information revolution."--Christian Science Monitor
设想一下,如果人类走出地球,遍布整个银河系,或者哪怕只是遍布了太阳系,而通讯手段依然只能依靠电磁波,也就是30万km/s的速度,这时候有人拿出了切实可用的实验机,证明它能实现超光速通讯,那该是多么爆炸性的科技发现,又会有多少嗅觉敏锐的商人扑上前来。 相比之下,19世...
評分作者斯坦迪奇很善于从普通的事物中探寻历史发展规律,他的《六个瓶子中的历史》、《舌尖上的历史》分别从饮品和食物的视角展现人类社会的发展进步历程,读起来令人耳目一新。 也许是出于营销的考虑,译者为本书加了一个颇具违和感的标题——维多利亚时代的互联网,而实际内容则...
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