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The Internet: From Sputnik to the World Wide Web

The Internet: From Sputnik to the World Wide Web

Released Thursday, 22nd June 2017
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The Internet: From Sputnik to the World Wide Web

The Internet: From Sputnik to the World Wide Web

The Internet: From Sputnik to the World Wide Web

The Internet: From Sputnik to the World Wide Web

Thursday, 22nd June 2017
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In this episode, historian Brad Harris takes us back to the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and reveals how that moment scared America's best scientists and engineers into inventing the Internet. Discover how a series of brilliant technical breakthroughs enabled us to connect our computers and build a world wide web of everything that everyone everywhere knows.

By Brad Harris, Historian of Science & Technology. For more information on this episode, including a select bibliography, visit howitbegan.com.

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