Download or read book The Second Information Revolution written by Gerald W. Brock and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-25 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not since the advent of the telephone and telegraph in the 19th century has information technology changed daily life so radically. We are in the midst of what Brock calls a second information revolution. Brock traces the complex history of this revolution from its roots in World War II through the bursting bubble of the Internet economy.