A review by statman
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet by Katie Hafner

3.0

This is an older book published back in 1996 that explains how the internet came to be. The authors were able to interview all the principal characters in that process and no, Al Gore is not mentioned in this book. I found it to be fascinating on how these individuals worked together to make it happen. It was not a be grand Eureka moment, but rather it was a series of small steps, overcoming one technical challenge at a time that ultimately resulted in the technology behind the internet. You can get a feel for how the technology works but there's parts of it where the story gets lost in some of the technical explanations.