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Memory Machines: The Evolution of Hypertext (Anthem Scholarship in the Digital Age) Paperback – December 1, 2014

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This book explores the history of hypertext, an influential concept that forms the underlying structure of the World Wide Web and innumerable software applications. Barnet tells both the human and the technological story by weaving together contemporary literature and her exclusive interviews with those at the forefront of hypertext innovation, tracing its evolutionary roots back to the analogue machine imagined by Vannevar Bush in 1945.

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‘“Memory Machines” will appeal to anyone who is curious about the history of computing in general and hypertext in particular. This book is highly recommended for computer science students and for students of history of science and technology, as well as for computing and engineering enthusiasts.’ —Stephanie Wical, Online Information Review

‘[A] richly layered account, focusing on oral histories as much as an analysis of documents. […] This volume provides a sophisticated and vital history of early computing, usefully exploring conceptual ideas around hypertext, outlining the constraints on pioneering efforts to implement models of hypertext as technical prototypes, and ultimately demonstrating how these collectively shaped all subsequent efforts to develop computer-based prototypes for information structuring and retrieval.’ ―Craig Hight, ‘Media International Australia’

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‘Belinda Barnet has given the world a fine-grain, blow-by-blow report of how hypertext happened, how we blundered to the World Wide Web, and what other things electronic literature might still become.’ ―Ted Nelson, hypertext pioneer

‘This is a fine and important book, the first to capture the rich history of ideas and people that led to the World Wide Web. “Memory Machines” carefully examines what the key figures were trying to do and judiciously explores what they accomplished and how the systems we now use daily sometimes exceed their dreams and sometimes fall embarrassingly short of their early achievements.’ ―Mark Bernstein, Chief Scientist, Eastgate Systems

‘This is well-researched and entertaining story, full of personal anecdotes and memories from the people who built these important early systems.’ ―Professor Dame Wendy Hall FREng, Dean of Physical and Applied Sciences at the University of Southampton

‘Walter Benjamin wrote that “It is not that what is past casts its light on what is present, or what is present its light on what is past; rather...what has been comes together in a flash with the now to form a constellation. “Memory Machines” is, even for one among its participants, such a constellation of the now.’ ―Michael Joyce, Professor of English at Vassar College, New York

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Series: Anthem Scholarship in the Digital Age
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Anthem Press (December 1, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1783083441
ISBN-13: 978-1783083442
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,116,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #601 in Books > Computers & Technology > History & Culture > History
- #3623 in Books > Computers & Technology > Web Development & Design > Web Design
- #12276 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools

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