Tom Standage is the former science correspondent/technology editor and current business at the ECONOMIST magazine.
He is the author of Writing on the Wall: Social Media-The First 2000 Years, the bestseller A History of the World in 6 Glasses, An Edible History of Humanity, The Turk, and The Neptune File, and The Victorian Internet.
He is married and lives in Greenwich, London.
"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 perplexing, controversial, and revolutionary as the Internet is today.
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. The telegraph gave rise to creative business practices and new forms of crime. Romances blossomed over its wires. And attitudes toward everything from news gathering to war had to be completely rethought. The saga of the telegraph offers many parallels to that of the Internet in our own time, and is a remarkable episode in the history of technology.
* Illustrated throughout
* A masterful, lively blend of science and history, in the bestselling tradition of Longitude
"Fascinating...If you've ever hankered for a perspective on media Net hype, this book is for you."--Wired
"Sparkling."--Forbes
"Essential reading for those caught up in our own information revolution."--Christian Science Monitor
所谓维多利亚时代的互联网,其实就是电报网。电报在1850年代被发明出来,第二个十年大西洋海底电缆就铺通了,从此全世界被链接为一个整体,伦敦和纽约变得信息无差异,人类传播信息的速度第一次超过了马蹄子。 当时有一种广泛的乐观主义,那就是电报会使得全人类团结起来。然而...
評分 評分一百年前的电报,终于让信息可以不限距离地以光速传播,并让世界真正步入了信息时代。在此之后,电话机、电脑、智能手机等设备的出现,只是让可传输的信息从种类和数量方面有了量级的爆发,但是其本质并没有发生改变,信息不对称、信息安全、信息冗余等问题仍旧存在。其实,仔...
評分 評分设想一下,如果人类走出地球,遍布整个银河系,或者哪怕只是遍布了太阳系,而通讯手段依然只能依靠电磁波,也就是30万km/s的速度,这时候有人拿出了切实可用的实验机,证明它能实现超光速通讯,那该是多么爆炸性的科技发现,又会有多少嗅觉敏锐的商人扑上前来。 相比之下,19世...
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