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

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

Nicholas Carr

278 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction business history technology informative reflective medium-paced
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A hundred years ago, companies stopped producing their own power with steam engines and generators and plugged into the newly built electric grid. The cheap power pumped out by electric utilities not only changed how businesses operated but also b...

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