Destination Internet and World Wide Web

by Paul Hoffman

The Internet is a big place, with thousands of World Wide Web sites intended to inform and entertain. Destination Internet & World Wide Web answers all your questions about how to find your way onto the Internet and how to find your way around once you are on. With author and computing expert Paul Hoffman as your guide, you'll discover how to... Chat online with people around the world on whatever subject interests you -- baseball cards, botany, quantum mechanics, and everything else under the sun Browse the Web with Netscape Navigator and other programs, downloading software and other files, and experiencing the latest in multimedia creations Send and receive e-mail messages Research topics using the leading search engines and other reference sources In Destination Internet & World Wide Web , you'll find a select listing of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) so that you can get a direct Internet connection right away, as well as an illustrated guide to the most fascinating sites on the Internet. Plus, this special edition of Destination Internet & World Wide Web includes a valuable bonus disk containing Netcruiser software from NetCom -- so you're only a few clicks away from complete Internet access.

224 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 1995

About the author

Paul Hoffman (born 1956) is a prominent author and host of the PBS television series Great Minds of Science. He was president and editor in chief of Discover, in a ten-year tenure with that magazine, and served as president and publisher of Encyclopaedia Britannica before returning full-time to writing and consulting work.

He lives in Woodstock, New York. Author of at least ten books, he has appeared on CBS This Morning and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer as a correspondent. Hoffman is also a puzzlemaster using the pseudonym Dr. Crypton. He designed the puzzle in the 1984 book Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse. He also designed the treasure map in the 1984 film, Romancing the Stone, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito.

Hoffman holds a B.A. degree summa cum laude from Harvard. He is the winner of the first National Magazine Award for Feature Writing and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.