A History of International Research Networking: The People who Made it Happen (repost)

The first book written and edited by the people who developed the Internet, this book deals with the history of creating universal protocols and a global data transfer network. The result is THE authoritative source on the topic, providing a vast amount of insider knowledge unavailable elsewhere.

Despite the huge number of contributors, the text is uniform in style and level, and of interest to every scientist and a must–have for all network developers as well as agencies dealing with the Net.