From Electricity to Internet: A 100-Year Technical Evolution

1890 - An "avalanche" of technologies arrives at the same time to allow the creation of a large universal, electrical, network. Very quickly, many applications appear to be carried by "start-ups" of the time. A craze develops from the international exhibitions of 1881 and 1889. Fears are emerging vis-à-vis what we cannot see or feel.

1990 - An "avalanche" of technologies arrives at the same time to allow the creation of a large universal network: the Internet network. Very quickly many applications appear to be carried by start-ups. A craze develops from 1995 and the .com boom emerges. Very soon, there are fears with regard to this network whose canvas covers the whole planet.

The book will show this amazing parallel of the 100 year gap between the arrival of Electricity and the Internet.