The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
Author | : Nicholas Carr |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2009-01-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393067873 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393067874 |
Rating | : 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google written by Nicholas Carr and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-01-19 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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.”