
How the Web Was Born
The Story of the World Wide Web
Oxford University Press
Published on 28. September 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-0-19-286207-5 (ISBN)
Description
In 1994 a computer program called the Mosaic browser transformed the Internet from an academic tool into a telecommunications revolution. Now a household name, the World Wide Web is part of the modern communications landscape with tens of thousands of servers providing information to millions of users. Few people, however, realize that the Web was born at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, in Geneva, and that it was invented by an Englishman, Tim Berners-Lee.
This new book, published in the Popular Science list in Oxford Paperbacks, tells how the idea for the Web came about at CERN, how it was developed, and how it was eventually handed over for free for the rest of the world to use. This is the first book-length account of the Web's development and it includes interview material with the key players in the story.
This new book, published in the Popular Science list in Oxford Paperbacks, tells how the idea for the Web came about at CERN, how it was developed, and how it was eventually handed over for free for the rest of the world to use. This is the first book-length account of the Web's development and it includes interview material with the key players in the story.
Reviews / Votes
This is a scholarly work for the price of a novel * Gareth Price * It is not a light read but it is a good one! * David Coleman, Multimedia Information and Technology, February 2001 * excellent book * New Scientist 30/9/00 * a good read * Glasgow Herald, 22/9/00 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
numerous line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
403 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-286207-5 (9780192862075)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
James Gillies is a professional science writer at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics. Robert Cailliau is Head of the Web office at CERN, and one of the pioneers of the World Wide Web.
Author
, CERN
Head of the Web office at CERNHead of the Web office at CERN
Content
PROLOGUE; 1. THE FOUNDATIONS; 2. SETTING THE SCENE AT CERN; 3. ENQUIRE WITHIN UPON EVERYTHING; 4. FALSE BEGINNINGS; 5. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO CALL THIS THING?; 6. THE NEXT STEP; 7. GOING PUBLIC; 8. FLEEING THE NEST; 9. IT'S OFFICIAL; EPILOGUE; INDEX.