Naughton writes about the Net in the way that Nick Hornby writes about football Interest in the Net is at its greatest ever level Updated for the paperback edition Shortlisted for the Aventis General Prize for Science Books (formerly known as the Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science) Naughton had the prestigious job of Observer TV critic, a role previously occupied by Clive James and Julian Barnes: he now writes a regular technology column 'Brilliant...Naughton communicates technical material accessibly and entertainingly, and he give us an excellent historical survey of the history of the net' Sunday Times.
John Naughton has been an academic and a journalist all his working life. He is a Senior Lecturer in Systems at the Open University, and since 1987 has written a weekly column for the Observer which has won him several major awards including three nominations as Critic of the Year. He is also a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge and the Director of the College's Press Fellowship Programme.
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