Yomtov, Nel. Internet Inventors.

Yomtov, Nel.  Internet Inventors.   Scholastic/Childrens Press   2013  64p  $23.00  ISBN 978-0-531-23609-3   elm/ms      series: Cornerstones of Freedom   VG-BN  

For young people who have never known a world without Facebook, Google, YouTube, and swiping/mousing to get information from the Internet, this is a primer on how the last fifty years have seen remarkable development in the way people communicate.  Starting with ARPAnet and progressing to USENET, gopher, search engines and on to TCP/IP and more recent developments such as AOL, Facebook and YouTube and online retailing, the book gives readers a quick overview of the people who were instrumental in the development of the software and structure of networks that have radically changed our world. Included are the concerns that some governments limit access to information, along with a timeline, glossary, index and further reading links to primary source material.  This book is a  great place to begin research into how the Internet was developed and how it has changed the way we do business and communicate.  Cornerstones of Freedom includes over forty titles that cover all aspects of American history, including wars, political events, people and the social phenomena that have changed us. Each book includes a timeline, glossary, index, map, and lists of primary and secondary resources.     

Internet-History                                                  --Lois McNicol