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"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... read more
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- Claude Chappe: Add a description of this character.
- William Fothergill Cooke
- Thomas Edison
- Cyrus W. Field
- Samuel Morse
- Francis Ronalds
- Charles Wheatstone
- Edward Orange Wildman Whitehouse: Official electrician of the Atlantic Telegraph Company.
First Sentence edit
On an April day in 1746 at the grand convent of the Carthusians in Paris, about two hundred monks arranged themselves in a long, snaking line.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
1. The Mother of All Networks
2. Strange, Fierce Fire
3. Electric Skeptics
4. The Thrill Electric
5. Wiring the World
6. Steam-Powered Messages
7. Codes, Hackers and Cheats
8. Love over the Wires
9. War and Peace in the Global Village
10. Information Overload
11. Decline and Fall
12. The Legacy of the Telegraph
Epilogue
Sources
Index
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Tom Standage (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Walker & Co
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0802713424
Page Count: 227
Publisher: Walker & Co
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0802713424
Page Count: 227
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 384.109
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