Robert A Metcalfe

Automotive Ethernet - The Definitive Guide

The Go-To Reference on the Exciting New Technology of Automotive Ethernet! Ethernet, the most widely-used LAN technology in the world, is taking the automotive world by storm. As the electronic content in cars continues to grow, Ethernet promises to improve performance and enable powerful and usefu...

Simpson Agonistes: A History of a Crime

It was called the trial of the century in a century whose end is now a decade in the past. But its impact has reverberated well into this one, as its subject continues to make headlines. In Simpson Agonistes, author Robert Metcalfe offers an original angle on the O. J. Simpson murder case and trial ...

No Time for Dreams: A Soldier's Six-Year Journey Through Ww II

No Time for Dreams follows the author through France and Belgium and a desperate escape to Dunkirk in a bullet-riddled ambulance. After recovering from his war wounds, he survived the Battle of Britain at its height then embarked on a perilous sea voyage in the largest convoy ever to leave the UK, b...

Packet Communication

This groundbreaking Harvard Ph.D. dissertation by Bob Metcalfe led directly to his invention of Ethernet and contributed significantly to the TCP/IP protocol suite developed by Vint Cerf and others. This dissertation remains a penetrating mathematical exposition of the fundamental packet switching t...

Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing

In March 1997, the Association for Computing Machinery celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the electronic computer. Computers are everywhere: in our cars, our homes, our supermarkets, at the office, and at the local hospital. But as the contributors to this volume make clear, the scientific, soci...

Lewis and The Turmoil Of Time

Welcome to a place where magic dust and potions are commonplace, where time-travellers can move between time levels and Owls and Dragons can talk!The first book about the adventures of Lewis Edwards, a time-traveller, is set in 1958. Thirteen-year-old Lewis lives with his Mother, Father, fifteen ye...

Reminiscences of the Western Trail

This book is a memoir about the life of Robert Baylor Metcalfe who journeyed West during the gold rush to stake his claim and his experiences as an Indian Agent in Oregon.

The Workmen's Compensation Act; With Explanatory Notes and Decisions [1907 ]

Originally published in 1907. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the orig...

Robert Metcalfe

Robert Melancton "Bob" Metcalfe (born April 7, 1946) is an electrical engineer from the United States who co-invented Ethernet, founded 3Com and formulated...

Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing