The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
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- Synopsis
- "Magisterial. . . . Draws an elegant and illuminating parallel between the late-19th-century electrification of America and today's computing world."--Salon Hailed as "the most influential book so far on the cloud computing movement" (Christian Science Monitor), The Big Switch makes a simple and profound statement: Computing is turning into a utility, and the effects of this transition will ultimately change society as completely as the advent of cheap electricity did. In a new chapter for this edition that brings the story up-to-date, Nicholas Carr revisits the dramatic new world being conjured from the circuits of the "World Wide Computer."
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780393067873
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780393062281, 9780393333947, 9780393345223
- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Date of Addition:
- 04/13/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Nicholas Carr
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.