The best all around book about the ARPA/Parc research community is Mitchell Waldrop's "The Dream Machine". Covers pretty much everything pretty much outstandingly.
I'd second this. I'm about halfway through the book right now and still being blown away. It's sort of like the version of 'Hackers' more appropriate to the version of me that has 14 more years engineering, design, and business experience (than when I originally read and loved Hackers, I mean). It's very in depth and interesting, and it's crazy to me that it's not a better known book.
(That said, I'm just getting into the more internet-focused section at the moment, so I can't speak too much to that part specifically.)
westoncb|7 years ago
(That said, I'm just getting into the more internet-focused section at the moment, so I can't speak too much to that part specifically.)