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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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The big switch : rewiring the world, from Edison to Google, Nicholas G. Carr
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- Released
- 2013
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Nicholas G. Carr
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN10
- 039334522x
- ISBN13
- 9780393345223
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Business, Business & Management, Technology & Engineering, Computers & Internet, Science, Economics, Technology, Internet
- Original title
- The big switch
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- “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.”