
Networked Life
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'How do the networks, which we increasingly rely upon in our everyday life, actually work? This book is an inspiring romp through the big ideas in networking, which is immediately rewarding and will motivate later courses.' Frank Kelly, Professor of the Mathematics of Systems and Master of Christ's College, University of Cambridge 'We are entering a new Internet era - the era of the likes of Google, Amazon, Netflix, and Facebook with entirely new types of problems. This book captures the new era, taking a fresh approach to both topic coverage and pedagogic style. Often at the end [of] a section it leaves the reader asking questions; then exactly those questions are answered in the subsequent section. Every university should offer a course based on this book. It could be taught out of both ECE or CS departments at the undergraduate or graduate levels.' Keith Ross, Leonard J. Shustek Chair Professor in Computer Science, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, and co-author of Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach 'Mung Chiang's Networked Life has an intriguing premise and an ambitious vision ... Chiang's framing of the material as 20 intriguing questions about networks, their architectures, and associated phenomena ties theory to practical systems that students encounter every day ... Chiang's course surely pushes the boundaries of the traditional lecture, and the book similarly is meant to be a next-generation work.' Lynn Andrea Stein, Science '... an engaging undergraduate textbook that explains the foundations of many of the networks that now are part of our daily routine ... The author organizes the material in the Socratic style, using practical questions instead of the more common (dry) survey of concepts and techniques. It provides just enough information to whet the reader's appetite and spur interest in networks ...' Fernando Berzal, Computing ReviewsMore details
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