- History, Internet, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Computers, social aspects
Twenty five years ago, it didn't exist. Today, twenty million people worldwide are surfing the Net. Where Wizards Stay Up Late is the exciting story of the pioneers responsible for creating the most talked about, most influential, and most far-reaching communications breakthrough since the invention of the telephone.
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Earnest, classical in form, warm and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Katie Hafner, Katie Hefner, Matthew Lyon
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Diane Pub Co, Tandem Library, Touchstone-Simon & Schuster
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780743468374
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