The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Social Aspects, Computers
| Author: | Nicholas Carr | ISBN: | 9780393067873 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company | Publication: | January 19, 2009 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | Nicholas Carr |
| ISBN: | 9780393067873 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publication: | January 19, 2009 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Language: | English |
“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.”
“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.”
