The birthplace of the Web? A physics laboratory near Geneva. At some stage
there’ll be a plaque at CERN in honour of the Web’s fathers, Tim Berners-Lee and
Robert Cailliau. But for now there is an excellent book written by James Gillies
with Cailliau about the nativity of an essential part of modern life, out this
week. If you’d like to follow up on our interview with Cailliau a few weeks ago,
How the Web Was Born is published by Oxford University Press,
£8.99, ISBN 0192862073.
To continue reading, today with our introductory offers
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