Weaving the Web
Tim Berners-Lee · first published 1999 · ISBN 9780062515872
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, recounts how he built the first HTTP server and HTML browser while working at CERN. He explains the choices that shaped the web's architecture and reflects on privacy, censorship, intellectual property, and the balance between commercial and social forces in the web's evolution.
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You'll never fully understand the modern internet without hearing directly from the person who invented the web. Berners-Lee's own account reveals why he made certain design decisions and his hopes for how the web could serve humanity.