How the Web Was Born

• The first book-length account of the origins of the World Wide Web
• Co-written by Robert Cailliau, one of the pioneers of the Web
• Contains interviews with the key players in the story
• Part of the March 2000 Popular Science promotion

Readership: General readers, anyone interested in the World-Wide Web and the internet, students and teachers of computing or technology.

James Gillies, CERN, and Robert Cailliau, Head of the Web office at CERN

"This is a scholarly work for the price of a novel" - Gareth Price

"It is not a light read but it is a good one!" - David Coleman, Multimedia Information and Technology, February 2001

"excellent book" - New Scientist 30/9/00

"a good read" - Glasgow Herald, 22/9/00

Prologue; 1. The Foundations; 2. Setting the Scene at CERN; 3. Enquire Within Upon Everything; 4. False Beginnings; 5. So What Are We Going to Call This Thing?; 6. The Next Step; 7. Going Public; 8. Fleeing the Nest; 9. It's Official; Epilogue; Index.