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The Dream Machine by M. Mitchell Waldrop is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Dream Machine about?

Behind every great revolution is a vision, and behind perhaps the greatest revolution of our time is the vision of J.C.R. Licklider. He did not design the first personal computers or write the software that ran on them, nor was he involved in the legendary early companies that brought them to the forefront of our everyday experience. He was instead a relentless visionary who saw the potential in the way that individuals could interact with computers and software. At a time when computers were a short step removed from mechanical data processors, Licklider was writing treatises on “human-computer symbiosis,” “computers as communication devices,” and a now not-so-unfamiliar “Intergalactic Network.” His ideas became so influential, his passion so contagious, that author M. Mitchell Waldrop calls him “computing’s Johnny Appleseed.” In a simultaneously compelling personal narrative and comprehensive historical exposition, Waldrop tells the story of the man who not only instigated the work that led to the internet, but also shifted our understanding of what computers were and could be.

Who reads The Dream Machine?

Author

M. Mitchell Waldrop

Publisher

Stripe Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Engineering, Stem

Rating

4.7 / 5 (237 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14