The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Social Aspects, Computers
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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.”

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“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.”

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