Institute on National Affairs - Mass Media and Culture in America - Stop the Internet; I Want to Get Off!

Clifford Stoll, widely known for being involved with computer networks since their inception, is an astronomer and computer security and network expert. He is the author of High Tech Heretic: Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarian, and Silicon Snake Oil. He has a doctorate in Astronomy from the University of Arizona, and an undergraduate degree in physics from SUNY, Buffalo. He is currently building software for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.