Author:
Dear, Brian, 1961- author.
Edition Statement:First edition.
ImprintNew York : Pantheon Books, [2017]
Descriptionxv, 613 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Note:Part I. The automatic teacher -- Praeceptor ex machina -- An educational emergency -- The super-achiever -- The diagram -- Soldering irons, not switchblades -- Gas and glass -- Two's a crowd -- Knocking on the same doors -- A fork in the road -- Lessons learned -- Part II. The fun they had -- Impeachment -- The new wave -- The big board -- The killer app -- Empire -- Into the dungeon -- The zoo -- Red sweater -- The supreme being and the master of reality -- Climbing the ziggurat -- Coming of age -- Part III. Getting to scale -- The business opportunity -- The whim of iron -- Diaspora -- The crash pit -- A changing of the guard -- Leaving the nest -- Epilogue.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-555) and index.
Note:Documents the story of the 1960s computer program and platform that marked the true beginning of cyberculture, revealing the role of PLATO ideas in inspiring countless technological innovations, from flat-panel wall TVs to multiplayer games.
