{"product_id":"9781430208709","title":"On the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Founders","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Founders\u003c\/em\u003e is an absorbing chronicle of the inventive, individualistic, and often cantankerous individuals who set the Internet free. \u003cstrong\u003eMichael A. Banks\u003c\/strong\u003e describes how the online population created a new culture and turned a new frontier into their vision of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will introduce you to the innovators who laid the foundation for the Internet and the World Wide Web, the man who invented online chat, and the people who invented the products all of us use online every day. Learn where, when, how and why the Internet came into being, and exactly what hundreds of thousands of people were doing online before the Web. See who was behind it all, and what inspired them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat you’ll learn\u003c\/b\u003eYou'll find these stories of people and events on the way to the Web: \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCIA agents in search of military hardware for sale online \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first online privacy scandal, three decades ago \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first instance of online censorship in 1979 \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow in 1980 the FBI demanded the ID of a CompuServe user who tried to sell 3,000 M16 rifles online \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEarly con artists \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOnline romance scams \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentify theft \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWho really created AOL (Hint: it wasn't Steve Case) \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe wireless Internet that was built in 1978 \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy the @ sign is used in email addresses \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cb\u003eWho this book is for\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eOn the Way to the Web\u003c\/em\u003e is a book that will appeal to all readers, but one that computer enthusiasts will find especially interesting. Most readers will have played a part in the story it tells, and anyone who uses the Internet and Web on a day-to-day basis will find this book an absorbing read. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eLooking Back: Where Did It All Begin? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn the Money \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaking Contact with CompuServe \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Source \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDis-Content and Conflict \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEvolution \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOnline Experiments \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTrials and Errors \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Second Wave \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAOL Gestation \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Third Wave \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn with the New, Out with the Old \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAOL Evolves: Expansion, Integration, and Success \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProdigy: The Flat-Rate Pioneer Who Just Didn't Get It \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMoving to the Net \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154183930096,"sku":"9781430208709","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430208709_p0.jpg?v=1763750161","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430208709","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}