In telling the tale of the development of software robots, Andrew Leonard constructs a playful, fascinating, anecdote-rich history of the Internet, tracking it from the free-form ASCII-text playground of chipheads, researchers, and scientists to the sprawling, advertising-laden, cultural entity it has become. In an expert and entertaining book, Leonard makes a sophisticated subject understandable, and explores the psychology and anthropology of popular technology.
In telling the tale of the development of software robots, Andrew Leonard constructs a playful, fascinating, anecdote-rich history of the Internet, tracking it from the free-form ASCII-text playground of chipheads, researchers, and scientists to the sprawling, advertising-laden, cultural entity it has become. In an expert and entertaining book, Leonard makes a sophisticated subject understandable, and explores the psychology and anthropology of popular technology.
Imprint | Penguin Books Australia |
Country of origin | Australia |
Release date | 2000 |
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Authors | Andrew Leonard |
Dimensions | 199 x 130 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 224 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-027566-7 |
Barcode | 9780140275667 |
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LSN | 0-14-027566-5 |