The Victorian Internet - The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

Tom Standage

Berkley Trade

1999

240 páginas

8h 0m

ISBN-10: 0425171698

The Victorian Internet tells the story of the telegraph's creation and remarkable impact, and of the visionaries, oddballs, and eccentrics who pioneered it. With the invention of the telegraph, the world of communications was forever changed.