The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
“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.â€
| Country | USA |
| Brand | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Manufacturer | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Binding | Paperback |
| ItemPartNumber | 36622453 |
| ReleaseDate | 2013-06-10 |
| UnitCount | 1 |
| EANs | 9780393345223 |
