1. What makes CDMA work for my cell phone?; 2. How does Google sell ad space?; 3. How does Google rank webpages?; 4. How does Netflix recommend movies?; 5. When can I trust product ratings on Amazon?; 6. Why does Wikipedia even work?; 7. How do I viralize a YouTube video and tip a Groupon deal?; 8. How do I influence people on Facebook and Twitter?; 9. Can I really reach anyone in 6 steps?; 10. Does the Internet have an Achilles' heel?; 11. Why do AT&T and Verizon Wireless charge me $10 a GB?; 12. How can I pay less for my internet connection?; 13. How does traffic get through the internet?; 14. Why doesn't the internet collapse under congestion?; 15. How can Skype and BitTorrent be free?; 16. What's inside the cloud of iCloud?; 17. Netflix, iTunes, IPTV: which way to watch video?; 18. Why is WiFi faster at home than at a hotspot?; 19. Why am I only getting a few percent of advertised 4G speed?; 20. Is it fair that my neighbour's iPhone downloads faster?
How does the internet really work? This book explains the technology behind it all, in simple question and answer format.
Mung Chiang is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University and Director of the Princeton EDGE Lab. He has received the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award and a US Presidential Award for Scientists and Engineers, for his research on networking. A co-founder and advisor to several startups, he also received a Technology Review TR35 Award for his contributions to network technology innovation and is a Fellow of the IEEE.
'How do the networks, which we increasingly rely upon in our
everyday life, actually work? This book is an inspiring romp
through the big ideas in networking, which is immediately rewarding
and will motivate later courses.' Frank Kelly, Professor of the
Mathematics of Systems and Master of Christ's College, University
of Cambridge
'We are entering a new Internet era - the era of the likes of
Google, Amazon, Netflix, and Facebook with entirely new types of
problems. This book captures the new era, taking a fresh approach
to both topic coverage and pedagogic style. Often at the end [of] a
section it leaves the reader asking questions; then exactly those
questions are answered in the subsequent section. Every university
should offer a course based on this book. It could be taught out of
both ECE or CS departments at the undergraduate or graduate
levels.' Keith Ross, Leonard J. Shustek Chair Professor in Computer
Science, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, and
co-author of Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach
'Mung Chiang's Networked Life has an intriguing premise and an
ambitious vision … Chiang's framing of the material as 20
intriguing questions about networks, their architectures, and
associated phenomena ties theory to practical systems that students
encounter every day … Chiang's course surely pushes the boundaries
of the traditional lecture, and the book similarly is meant to be a
next-generation work.' Lynn Andrea Stein, Science
'… an engaging undergraduate textbook that explains the foundations
of many of the networks that now are part of our daily routine …
The author organizes the material in the Socratic style, using
practical questions instead of the more common (dry) survey of
concepts and techniques. It provides just enough information to
whet the reader's appetite and spur interest in networks …'
Fernando Berzal, Computing Reviews
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