Some books to have read

the scientific basis of our society

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA James Watson

Weaving the Web; Origins and Future of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee

placenames - why are places called as they are?

The Landscape of Place-names Margaret Gelling and Ann Cole ISBN 1 900289 25 3 (hardback) ISBN 1 900289 226 1 (paperback)

Signposts to the Past. Place Names and the History of England; Gelling, Margaret

Scientific Basis of Medical Use of the Internet

The Code Book. How PGP and other Public key cryptography works. And a lot of more general interest crypto. Fascinating read.

Making NT work: Mastering Windows NT Server 4 Mark Minassi. Essential if you have NT machines on your network. Most of it applies to Workstation, and carries over to Windows 2000.

science-fiction influencing the Internet

Vernor Vinge. True Names is out of print (strange concept) but is important.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge (US edition). Believable - fascinating - aliens, strong AI and the known net.

>Version date September 2002