Write a three-page biography of Lawrence (Larry) Roberts. Lawrence G. Roberts is an American scientist who received the Draper Prize in 2001 “for the development of the Internet”
Your assignment must include the following:
1- Basic biography of where born, schools attended, places worked. Include up to now, or at the time of his death. This includes honors/awards, etc.
2- Main claim to digital fame. Although most digital pioneers were doing many amazing things, and you can certainly mention them, what is Larry’s one major claim to fame.
3- A lay person’s explanation of this claim to fame. As you will find, most of the pioneers were Ph.D.s who worked on topics that are complicated. Your job is to put what was accomplished in lay terms for the average person to understand.
4- How this achievement has contributed to digital media today.
You need a minimum of three sources.
This paper should be done in MLA style with a Works Cited (not Bibliography or References) and proper in-text citation.
You may NOT use Wikipedia.
This is not a cut-and-paste job. You should do careful research and write this in your own words referencing your sources.
You should plan on putting at least one citation at the end of every paragraph in the paper, or more if the information came from more than one place. Direct quotes need citations immediately after the quote.