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55. The Victorian Internet, by Tom Standage (****)
Category: Victorian History/Culture
The Victorian Internet tells the story of the telegraph. When the telegraph was invented and popularized it opened up the world to such an extent that its influence was comparable to the internet, ... ... by the cinema), and cinema (not killed by television) as well as radio (which television was also supposed to kill).
The Victorian Internet (aka, the telegraph), may have indeed died.
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I haven't found a single 310, can second The Victorian Internet for 384, and throw in Tyrannosaurus Sue for 567. If your not interested in a book solely dedicated to the biology behind dinosaurs, it also focuses on the tension between scientific research, the law, and commercial interests in ... I can recommend:
384: The Victorian Internet, about the history and particularly the cultural ramifications of the telegraph. Lots of interesting details about the subculture of telegraph operators, surprisingly similar to the early days of the internet (hence the title).
560: Steven Jay ... ... The 10th Kingdom. My husband and I both loved the video when we saw it a while back.
Finished a fast couple of books, The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage and The Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick.
Moving on to Longitude by Dava Sobel which has been stuck unread on my shelves forever. ... Last week I finished
54. The Victorian Internet by Standage
This was a great little book about the history of the telegraph that I would recommend to those interested in the history of technology or even the history of the 19th century. ... Details
363 Dragonfly: Nasa and the crisis aboard Mir
364 All the President's Men
371 Three Cups of Tea
384 The Victorian Internet
394 Fast Food Nation
398 The Book of Imaginary Beings
Missing 100s:
310 General Statistics
Added one I forgot EDITED: My categories have changed and updates are listed HERE. ... by Charles Mann - pre-Columbian history of the Americas challenging what the author feels are common misperceptions.
The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage - a history and culture of the telegraph with some obvious similarities to more modern communication networks.
... of the fun was noticing what was the same and what was different. Recommended.
From the public library. pages.
8. The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage - finished July 5
A journalist in the area of science and technology, Sandage made his history of the telegraph easy to ... ... my three favorites for the quarter were:
1) The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay
2) His Majesty's Dragon
3) The Victorian Internet 384 The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage
With this book on the invention and rise to prominence of the electric telegraph, Standage describes an interesting moment in history where the world becomes seemingly smaller. He does a good job relating the changes this technology forced in so ... 43) The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage (print book)
With this book on the invention and rise to prominence of the electric telegraph, Standage describes an interesting moment in history where the world becomes seemingly smaller. He does a good job relating the changes this technology ... #92 "The Victorian Internet" by Tom Standage
Fascinating story of the invention an development of the telegraph, starting with the "semaphore towers" in France as far back as the late 18th century (remember the Semaphore version of Wuthering Heights in Monty Python?). Today, we mostly ... ... semblance of my earlier reading form of this year (we'll see, won't we!)
Now reading:
"Bad Monkeys" by Matt Ruff
"The Victorian Internet" by Tom Standage
"Blood is the Sky" by Steve Hamilton
"A Smile on the Face of the Tiger" by Loren D. Estleman
"Silicon Snake Oil" ... ... you could even create a small package of working sticky notes, or a few paper clips, people might look at you blankly. In The Victorian Internet, Tom Standage describes a disappointed inventor rigging up a sort of proto-telegraph with miles of line strung, spider web-like, around a small ... ... as the 'Highway of Thought', it shrank their world to a degree that was both bewildering and revolutionary. In the book The Victorian Internet, author Tom Standage argues convincingly that the rate of change experienced by the Victorians was far more intense and dramatic than are the ... ... The Devil in the White City
370 - Education: The Abolition of Man
384 - Communications, Telecommunications: The Victorian Internet
394 - General customs: A History of the World in 6 Glasses ... - Banker to the Poor
336 Public Finance - Confessions of a Tax Collector
384 Communication; Telecommunication - The Victorian Internet
411 Writing Systems - Alpha Beta
417 Dialectology and Historical Lingusitics - The Power of Babel
512 Algebra and Number Theory - Fermat's Las ... ... dball
HD (Industries) Nickel and Dimed (from the library, so not in my catalog)
HE (Transportation and Communication) The Victorian Internet
HG (Finance) Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People
HM (Sociology) Guns, Germs, and Steel
HQ (Family; Marriage; Women; Sexuality ...
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