Andrew Blum is an author, journalist, and speaker.

His new book, The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast, will be published in June 2019 by Ecco/HarperCollins in the US, The Bodley Head in the UK, and Knauss in Germany.

His previous book, Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet, was the first ever book-length look at the physical infrastructure of the Internet—all the data centers, undersea cables and tubes filled with light. It was published in 2012 to wide acclaim, became a National Bestseller, and has been translated into ten languages. Blum discussed Tubes with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air; BBC 4 presented it as a “Book of the Week”; and Blum spoke about his journey on the stages of TED Global.

Here is a great video from Andrew Blum on what is the internet, really? He is an architect and went on a journey to discover the physical reality of the internet.