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The Big Switch. Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google.
Nicholas Carr
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Description for The Big Switch. Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google.
Hardback. An eye-opening look at the new computer revolution and the coming transformation of our economy, society, and culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
A hundred years ago, companies stopped producing their own power with steam engines and generators and plugged into the newly built electric grid. The cheap power pumped out by electric utilities not only changed how businesses operated but also brought the modern world into existence. Today a similar revolution is under way. Companies are dismantling their private computer systems and tapping into rich services delivered over the Internet. This time it’s computing that’s turning into a utility. The shift is already remaking the computer industry, bringing new competitors like Google to the fore and threatening traditional stalwarts like Microsoft and ... Read more
A hundred years ago, companies stopped producing their own power with steam engines and generators and plugged into the newly built electric grid. The cheap power pumped out by electric utilities not only changed how businesses operated but also brought the modern world into existence. Today a similar revolution is under way. Companies are dismantling their private computer systems and tapping into rich services delivered over the Internet. This time it’s computing that’s turning into a utility. The shift is already remaking the computer industry, bringing new competitors like Google to the fore and threatening traditional stalwarts like Microsoft and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393062281
SKU
V9780393062281
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Ref
99-1
About Nicholas Carr
Nicholas Carr is the author of The Shallows, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, The Glass Cage, and Utopia is Creepy. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Atlantic, and Wired. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife.
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