Computer Networks

这不是一本适合零基础读者的入门教材。许多读者在短评里坦言：初读时懵懵懂懂，必须借助其他资料搭建起整体框架后才逐渐体会到它的价值；有计算机专业学生甚至建议，若只为入门，谢希仁的版本或许更友好。但正是这种"从物理层向外展开"的自底向上结构，让它成为众多高校网络课程的指定用书，也是读者眼中"有趣"的那一本——第一章到最后一章尤佳。书中那些跳出技术本身的历史掌故格外打动人：电信巨头AT&T曾是世界上最大的铜矿主，蜂窝基站天线选址甚至与罗马天主教会结成"联盟"。它不满足于罗列协议，而是追问标准背后的市场逻辑与工程权衡。适合已建立大致网络图景、想深入理解"网络究竟如何运作"的读者，而非寻求速成的初学者。

Andrew S. Tanenbaum is a Professor of Computer Science at Vrije Universiteteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is a fellow of IEEE and ACM and a member of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences. He recently won a prestigious European Research Council Advanced Grant of 2.5 million to do research on highly reliable computer systems. Tanenbaum has also authored or coauthored the following titles: Structured Computer Organization, Fifth Edition; Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, Third Edition; and Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms, Second Edition, all published by Prentice Hall. David J. Wetherall is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle. He hails from Australia and has worked in the area of networking for the past two decades. His research is focused on Internet protocols, wireless networks, and security. Wetherall's work has been recognized with a Sloan Fellowship, the IEEE Bennett Prize, and the ACM SIGCOMM Test-of-Time Award.