Author: Nicholas Carr
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393333949
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
"Future Shock for the Web-apps era.... Compulsively readable—for nontechies, too."—Fast Company Building on the success of his industry-shaking Does IT Matter? Nicholas Carr returns with The Big Switch, a sweeping look at how a new computer revolution is reshaping business, society, and culture. Just as companies stopped generating their own power and plugged into the newly built electric grid some hundred years ago, today it's computing that's turning into a utility. The effects of this transition will ultimately change society as profoundly as cheap electricity did. The Big Switch provides a panoramic view of the new world being conjured from the circuits of the "World Wide Computer." New for the paperback edition, the book now includes an A–Z guide to the companies leading this transformation.
The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
Author: Nicholas Carr
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393333949
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
"Future Shock for the Web-apps era.... Compulsively readable—for nontechies, too."—Fast Company Building on the success of his industry-shaking Does IT Matter? Nicholas Carr returns with The Big Switch, a sweeping look at how a new computer revolution is reshaping business, society, and culture. Just as companies stopped generating their own power and plugged into the newly built electric grid some hundred years ago, today it's computing that's turning into a utility. The effects of this transition will ultimately change society as profoundly as cheap electricity did. The Big Switch provides a panoramic view of the new world being conjured from the circuits of the "World Wide Computer." New for the paperback edition, the book now includes an A–Z guide to the companies leading this transformation.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393333949
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
"Future Shock for the Web-apps era.... Compulsively readable—for nontechies, too."—Fast Company Building on the success of his industry-shaking Does IT Matter? Nicholas Carr returns with The Big Switch, a sweeping look at how a new computer revolution is reshaping business, society, and culture. Just as companies stopped generating their own power and plugged into the newly built electric grid some hundred years ago, today it's computing that's turning into a utility. The effects of this transition will ultimately change society as profoundly as cheap electricity did. The Big Switch provides a panoramic view of the new world being conjured from the circuits of the "World Wide Computer." New for the paperback edition, the book now includes an A–Z guide to the companies leading this transformation.
The Big Switch
Author: Saul Griffith
Publisher: Black Inc.
ISBN: 1743822375
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
An inspiring, practical plan to transform Australia’s energy system and supercharge our response to the climate crisis Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now – but what? Australian visionary Saul Griffith has a plan. In The Big Switch, Griffith lays out a detailed blueprint – optimistic but feasible – for fighting climate change while creating millions of new jobs and a healthier environment. Griffith explains exactly what it would take to transform our infrastructure, update our grid, and adapt our households. Billionaires may contemplate escaping our worn-out planet on a private rocket ship to Mars, but the rest of us, Griffith says, will stay and fight for the future. ‘I’m a scientist, inventor and father who wants to leave my kids a better world. The data convinces me that it is still rational to have hope.’ —Saul Griffith 'About f*cking time we have an actual plan written down that can be executed and financed. In a decarbonised world, Australia is a winner. The opportunity now is ours for the taking.' -Mike Cannon-Brookes 'Griffth argues that electrification is the path forward to mitigate climate change while creating jobs.' -Rose Mary Petrass, The Fifth Estate '...an engaging, optimistic, and persuasive perspective on the huge opportunities in front of us.' -Benjamin Powell, Westender Community News
Publisher: Black Inc.
ISBN: 1743822375
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
An inspiring, practical plan to transform Australia’s energy system and supercharge our response to the climate crisis Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now – but what? Australian visionary Saul Griffith has a plan. In The Big Switch, Griffith lays out a detailed blueprint – optimistic but feasible – for fighting climate change while creating millions of new jobs and a healthier environment. Griffith explains exactly what it would take to transform our infrastructure, update our grid, and adapt our households. Billionaires may contemplate escaping our worn-out planet on a private rocket ship to Mars, but the rest of us, Griffith says, will stay and fight for the future. ‘I’m a scientist, inventor and father who wants to leave my kids a better world. The data convinces me that it is still rational to have hope.’ —Saul Griffith 'About f*cking time we have an actual plan written down that can be executed and financed. In a decarbonised world, Australia is a winner. The opportunity now is ours for the taking.' -Mike Cannon-Brookes 'Griffth argues that electrification is the path forward to mitigate climate change while creating jobs.' -Rose Mary Petrass, The Fifth Estate '...an engaging, optimistic, and persuasive perspective on the huge opportunities in front of us.' -Benjamin Powell, Westender Community News
Dexter's Big Switch
Author: Pam Pollack
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439449472
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
As Dexter gets ready to introduce the Virtual Identity Teleporter to the scientific world, his sister Dee Dee pulls the switch on his invention, turning Dexter into a boy genius ballerina.
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439449472
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
As Dexter gets ready to introduce the Virtual Identity Teleporter to the scientific world, his sister Dee Dee pulls the switch on his invention, turning Dexter into a boy genius ballerina.
The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
Author: Nicholas Carr
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393067873
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
“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.”
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393067873
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
“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.”
The Big Switch
Author: David Andrew Warner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781925030785
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Meet Little Davey Warner. He lives in Sandhill Flats with his mum and dad and his brother Steve-and his stinky dog Max. Davey and his schoolmates-even Max-are MAD for cricket. All they want to do is play...but there's always something getting in their way!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781925030785
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Meet Little Davey Warner. He lives in Sandhill Flats with his mum and dad and his brother Steve-and his stinky dog Max. Davey and his schoolmates-even Max-are MAD for cricket. All they want to do is play...but there's always something getting in their way!
Dexter's Big Switch
Author: Pam Pollack
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613721585
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
As Dexter gets ready to introduce the Virtual Identity Teleporter to the scientific world, his sister Dee Dee pulls the switch on his invention, turning Dexter into a boy genius ballerina.
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613721585
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
As Dexter gets ready to introduce the Virtual Identity Teleporter to the scientific world, his sister Dee Dee pulls the switch on his invention, turning Dexter into a boy genius ballerina.
The Santa Fe Magazine
The Artisan
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description