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The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet
Da Capo Press
September 2013
On Sale: September 10, 2013
264 pages
ISBN: 0306821664
EAN: 9780306821660
Kindle: B00BVTSD1W
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography
No Better Time tells of a young, driven mathematical genius who wrote a set of algorithms that would create a faster, better Internet. Itβs the story of a beautiful friendship between a loud, irreverent student and his soft-spoken MIT professor, of a husband and father who spent years struggling to make ends meet only to become a billionaire almost overnight with the success of Akamai Technologies, the Internet content delivery network he cofounded with his mentor.
Danny Lewinβs brilliant but brief life is largely unknown because, until now, those closest to him have guarded their memories and quietly mourned their loss. For Lewin was almost certainly the first victim of 9/11, stabbed to death at age 31 while trying to overpower the terrorists who would eventually fly American Flight 11 into the World Trade Center. But ironically it was 9/11 that proved the ultimate test for Lewinβs visionβwhile phone communication failed and web traffic surged as never before, the critical news and government sites that relied on Akamaiβand the technology pioneered by Danny Lewinβremained up and running.
 Media BuzzPBS News Hour - September 12, 2013
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