The Big Switch：Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google

作者: Nicholas Carr （尼古拉斯·卡尔）著

出版社: W.W. Norton & Co.

出版时间: 2009-01

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780393333947

定价: 209.50

装帧: 平装

开本: 16开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 304页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>管理

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Buildingonthesuccessofhisindustry-shakingDoesITMatter?NicholasCarrreturnswithTheBigSwitch,asweepinglookathowanewcomputerrevolutionisreshapingbusiness,society,andculture.Justascompaniesstoppedgeneratingtheirownpowerandpluggedintothenewlybuiltelectricgridsomehundredyearsago,todayit'scomputingthat'sturningintoautility.Theeffectsofthistransitionwillultimatelychangesocietyasprofoundlyascheapelectricitydid.TheBigSwitchprovidesapanoramicviewofthenewworldbeingconjuredfromthecircuitsofthe"WorldWideComputer."Newforthepaperbackedition,thebooknowincludesanA–Zguidetothecompaniesleadingthistransformation. NicholasCarristhebest-sellingauthorofTheShallows,aPulitzerPrizefinalist,TheBigSwitch,andDoesITMatter?HisarticlesandessayshaveappearedinTheAtlantic,theNewYorkTimes,theWallStreetJournal,Wired,andTheNewRepublic.Hehasbeenwriter-in-residenceattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,andanexecutiveeditoroftheHarvardBusinessReview.HelivesinColorado. Prologue: A Doorway in Boston

Part 1: One Machine

1. Burden s Wheel

2. TheInventor andHis Glerk

3. Digital Millvrrk

4. Goodbye, Mr. Gates.

5. The White Gity

Part 2: Iiving in the Cloud

6. World Wide Computer

7. From the Many to the Few

8 The Great Unbundling

9. Fighting the Net

10. A Spider's Web

11. God

Epilogue: Flame and Filament

Appendix: The Cloud

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index
内容简介:
Buildingonthesuccessofhisindustry-shakingDoesITMatter?NicholasCarrreturnswithTheBigSwitch,asweepinglookathowanewcomputerrevolutionisreshapingbusiness,society,andculture.Justascompaniesstoppedgeneratingtheirownpowerandpluggedintothenewlybuiltelectricgridsomehundredyearsago,todayit'scomputingthat'sturningintoautility.Theeffectsofthistransitionwillultimatelychangesocietyasprofoundlyascheapelectricitydid.TheBigSwitchprovidesapanoramicviewofthenewworldbeingconjuredfromthecircuitsofthe"WorldWideComputer."Newforthepaperbackedition,thebooknowincludesanA–Zguidetothecompaniesleadingthistransformation.
作者简介:
NicholasCarristhebest-sellingauthorofTheShallows,aPulitzerPrizefinalist,TheBigSwitch,andDoesITMatter?HisarticlesandessayshaveappearedinTheAtlantic,theNewYorkTimes,theWallStreetJournal,Wired,andTheNewRepublic.Hehasbeenwriter-in-residenceattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,andanexecutiveeditoroftheHarvardBusinessReview.HelivesinColorado.
目录:
Prologue: A Doorway in Boston

Part 1: One Machine

1. Burden s Wheel

2. TheInventor andHis Glerk

3. Digital Millvrrk

4. Goodbye, Mr. Gates.

5. The White Gity

Part 2: Iiving in the Cloud

6. World Wide Computer

7. From the Many to the Few

8 The Great Unbundling

9. Fighting the Net

10. A Spider's Web

11. God

Epilogue: Flame and Filament

Appendix: The Cloud

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index