The Scientific American special Issue on Communications,
Computers, and Network, is a special issue
of Scientific American dedicated to articles
concerning impending changes to the internet
in the period prior to the expansion and mainstreaming
of the world wide web via Mosaic and Netscape.
This issue contained essays by a number of
important computer science and internet pioneers.
It bore the promotional cover title: Scientific
American presents the September 1991 Single
Copy Issue: Communications, Computers, and
Networks
== Reviews ==
University of California, Berkeley's September
1991 online journal, "Current Cites" commented:
"Scientific American Special Issue on Communications,
Computers and Networks 265(3) (September 1991):
If you purchase a single issue of a magazine
this year, this should be it.
Filled with eleven articles by some of the
biggest names in computer networking, this
issue covers all bases and includes suggestions
for further readings on the issues."
In addition, a 4 September 1991 post to the
University of Houston's "Computer System's
Forum" also recommends the issue stating:
"These articles cover enough ground that I
would recommend the issue to people getting
ready to dive into the Internet or understand
what is happening in networks these days."
An additional post to this same forum on 21
August 1991, comments: "The authors are exceptional,
including Mitch Kapor, Mark Weiser, Nicholas
Negroponte, Alan Kay, Al Gore, and many others.
An excellent issue."
== Response ==
Of this issue, the Electronic Frontier Foundation
stated in the article Scientific American's
September Issue to be Sent to All EFF Members
in its September 1991 newsletter:
This month's Scientific American ("Communications,
Computers, and Networks") must surely represent
the most complete collection of articles and
commentary on all aspects of networking to
date.
As such we feel strongly that it should be
made available to as many people as possible.
Because of this, we have purchased a large
number of copies of this issue that we will
be using for various purposes over the coming
year.
The first use will be to deliver a free copy
of to all our members.
We are expecting the magazines to be delivered
to us at the end of next week and they will
go out to our members soon after.
We realize that many of our members may already
have a copy of their own, but if so we trust
that they will use this extra copy to educate
and enlighten someone else to the issues and
potential of networking.
== Table of Contents ==
Gary Stix: "Profile: Information Theorist
David A. Huffman"
Michael Dertouzos: "Communications, Computers
and Networks"
Vint Cerf: "Networks"
Larry Tesler: "Networked Computing in the
1990s"
Mark Weiser: "The Computer for the 21st Century"
Nicholas Negroponte: "Products and Services
for Computer Networks"
Lee Sproull and Sara Kiesler: "Computers,
Networks and Work"
Thomas W. Malone and John F. Rockart: "Computers,
Networks and the Corporation"
Alan Kay: "Computers, Networks and Education"
Computers, Networks and Public Policy
Al Gore: "Infrastructure for the Global Village"
Anne W. Branscomb: "Common Law for the Electronic
Frontier"
Mitch Kapor: "Civil Liberties in Cyberspace"
== See also ==
History of the Internet
== Footnotes
