The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
- ISBN-10
- 0393062287
- ISBN-13
- 9780393062281
- Series
- The Big Switch
- Category
- Computers
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Nicholas G. Carr
Description
An analysis of an evolving trend in computer-based business makes predictions about what will be its role in transforming economics and culture, in an account that evaluates how the shift from private computer systems to Internet-based networks has initiated a major revolution that will impact all components of society. 25,000 first printing.
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