The race to create thinking machines started 5000 years ago. From Archimedes to Bill Gates, and from Charles Babbage to Tim Berners-Lee, the machines and the web weave an intricate and interesting tale. Meet the machines, the inventions and the inventors that have defined us; and will define our future.A must read for all computer scientists, and an interesting read for all those who are interested in computers and the web, this entertaining series of short stories will give a perspective that is unparalleled, and a vision that is breath-taking! This book is a bridge between the past and the future. In its pages, you will get a glimpse of the transformation of the WWW into an Intelligent Immersive Imagion that will change ourselves. Yes, the age of the machines is on!