The top five inventors of the internet sign autographs for science and technology fans.
Autograph set of the five main inventors of the internet: Robert Kahn, Radia Perlman, Tim Bernes Lee, Vint Cerf and Leonard Kleinrock.
12.8 cm x 7.5 cm.
Excellent condition of conservation.
Unique pieces.
Have you ever imagined waking up one day without access to the World Wide Web? It's a terrifying idea, isn't it? A world without the Internet is almost inconceivable. We open our eyes every morning and see the news, send messages, watch videos, and no matter what we do, we live connected. Especially now, in times of social isolation, the Internet has become a tool for contacting our loved ones. However, as unbelievable as it may seem, there was a world before the Web. Well, it wasn't that long ago. A few decades ago, the Internet wasn't even a dream of the most ambitious minds, until some people made history by building an invisible network bridge that changed the world. Do you know who they are?
The name Robert Kahn may not be familiar to you; you might think that this 81-year-old gentleman is a kind old man who doesn't know how to turn on a computer. However, this American computer scientist was one of the pioneers in the development of the World Wide Web. Robert was responsible for creating TCP (Transmission Control Protocol). Do you know the acronym? It refers to one of the communication protocols that supports the global Internet. And if you didn't know that, it's best to forget the idea that only young people know how to use the Internet.
But the Internet is a child of different parents, and another of its fathers can be considered Vinton Cerf . The mathematician, also from the United States, initiated the development of IP, an interconnection protocol without which we would not be able to access the network. In addition to Tim Berners-Lee, none other than the creator of the World Wide Web. The British physicist built the first website to be put online, back in 1991, which explained how the tool itself worked. Another important name is Leonard Kleinrock, an American engineer and computer scientist who made numerous contributions in the area of computer networks, in addition to working on the development of Arpanet, the precursor to what is now known as the Internet.
However, the creation of the network also had important female participation, such as Radia Perlman, known as “the mother of the internet”. The computer scientist from the United States created the Spanning Tree protocol, which allows the operation of network bridges. In addition, Radia worked on the design and standardization of the networks we know today.
Even though we are used to the internet in our daily lives, we forget how complex it is to operate, and we see as something trivial a milestone in the history of humanity that transformed our communication. The fathers of this revolution, the internet, are all here.
