| The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google Contributor(s): Carr, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 039334522X ISBN-13: 9780393345223 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Information Theory - Science | History - Social Science |
| Dewey: 303 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.49" W x 8.25" (0.54 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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." |
Contributor Bio(s): Carr, Nicholas: - Nicholas Carr is the author of The Shallows, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and The Glass Cage, among other books. Former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review, he has written for The Atlantic, the New York Times, and Wired. He lives in Boulder, Colorado. |