Name: The Victorian Internet
ISBN: 9781620405925

Tom Standage

A new paperback edition of the first book by the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses-the fascinating story of the telegraph, the world's first "Internet," which revolutionized the nineteenth century even more than the Internet has the twentieth and twenty first.

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

The Victorian Internet

Offers a historical review of the telegraph network, from its invention by Samuel Morse in the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring the social and political effects it has had on the world throughout its existence

So interesting I couldn't put it down after staring. 

The history of the telegraph, the many people involved in it, and its impact to the world are told in a way that hooks you in. Fascinating to think of how much in common we have with our victorian ancestors.

Love how the book puts into perspective the many incremental discoveries that enabled an invention to change the world, and then the many discoveries and innovations that followed until it became obsolete. 

After reading it I'm much more confident in the impact technological advances will have, but also much more grounded. Nothing is a panacea, but that's fine, it will make the world better and worst at the same time and there's nothing wrong with that.

Igor

So interesting I couldn't put it down after staring. 

The history of the telegraph, the many people involved in it, and its impact to the world are told in a way that hooks you in. Fascinating to think of how much in common we have with our victorian ancestors.

Love how the book puts into perspective the many incremental discoveries that enabled an invention to change the world, and then the many discoveries and innovations that followed until it became obsolete. 

After reading it I'm much more confident in the impact technological advances will have, but also much more grounded. Nothing is a panacea, but that's fine, it will make the world better and worst at the same time and there's nothing wrong with that.

b.andherbooks

I needed a "non-fiction book about technology" for my Book Riot Read Harder Challenge and was hard pressed to find something modern I cared to learn about in this dumpster fire we call 2017, so I instead turned to the Victorians and the advent of the telegraph.

Super illuminating and refreshing to see that new technology causes greatness and horribleness no matter the era. I was not aware the first telegraphs were visual, using long arms to gesture codes atop large hills (creepy) nor realized how horrid it must have been to try and lay cable across the Atlantic. on a boat. Yikes.

A highly readable micro-history!

A new edition of the first book by the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses-the fascinating story of the telegraph, the world's first "Internet," which revolutionized the nineteenth century even more than the Internet has the twentieth and twenty first. The Victorian Internet tells the colorful story of the telegraph's creation and remarkable impact, and of the visionaries, oddballs, and eccentrics who pioneered it, from the eighteenth-century French scientist Jean-Antoine Nollet to Samuel F. B. Morse and Thomas Edison. The electric telegraph nullified distance and shrank the world quicker and further than ever before or since, and its story mirrors and predicts that of the Internet in numerous ways.

Satyajeet Pal

Offers a historical review of the development of the telegraph network, from its invention by Samuel Morse in the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring its social, cultural, economic, and political influence on the world throughout its existence. By the author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses. Reprint.

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

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