Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet with a New Introduction by the Author - Tapa blanda

"Tubes is an absorbing tale of this new technology, as well as a wonderful account of the Internet's growth and the people who made it possible."--Science News

"Clever, enterprising . . . Tubes uncovers an Internet that resembles nothing so much as a fantastic steam-punk version of itself."--Boston Globe

"Engaging. . . . Full of memorable images that make the internet's complex architecture easier to comprehend. . . . Blum leaves readers pondering questions that would not have occurred to them before and better informed about an innovation most of us take for granted."--The Guardian

"A charming look at the physical infrastructure that underlies the Web."--Scientific American

"A satisfying postmodern quest. . . . The history, in particular, is one of the best and most memorable I have ever read."--New Scientist

"Blum paints a vivid picture of the Internet, and gives a sense that it is more than just the mysterious interstitial digital space between your computer and mine. It is, increasingly, the backbone that supports our daily life, and Mr. Blum is an able anatomist."--New York Journal of Books

"Ingeniously beguiling. . . . Blum is a smart, imaginative, evocative writer who embraces the task of making his readers feel the wonder represented by these unprepossessing objects."--Laura Miller, Salon

"An engaging reminder that, cyber-Utopianism aside, the internet is as much a thing of flesh and steel as any industrial-age lumber mill or factory. It is also an excellent introduction to the nuts and bolts of how exactly it all works."--The Economist

"A fascinating exploration of the physical nature of the Internet, and how the 'network of networks' came to be the way it is."--Shelf Awareness

"Engaging. . . . Blum is a natural storyteller."--PopMatters