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

The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 9780393067873
ISBN-13 : 0393067874
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google by : Nicholas Carr

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.”


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