| Description |
304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Bloomsbury Sigma series |
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Bloomsbury sigma series.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
What is it? Where did it come from? What is data? And what makes it big? ; Death and taxes. And babies ; Thinking machines -- What has big data ever done for us? Big business ; Big science ; Big society ; Data-driven democracy -- Big ideas? Big Brother ; Who do we think you are? ; Are you a data point or a human being -- Appendix. Keeping your data private. |
| Summary |
"Timandra Harkness cuts through the hype to put data science into its real-life context using a wide range of stories, people, and places to reveal what is essentially a human science--demystifying big data, telling us where it comes from and what it can do. 'Big Data' then asks the awkward questions: What are the unspoken assumptions underlying its methods? Are we being bamboozled by mega data's size, its speed, and its shiny technology? Nobody needs a degree in computer science to follow Harkness's exploration of what mega data can do for us--and what it can't or shouldn't. 'Big Data' asks you to decide: Are you a data point, or a human being?"--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Big data -- Popular works.
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Big data. (OCoLC)fst01892965
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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| ISBN |
9781472920058 (hardback) $27.00 |
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1472920058 (hardback) |
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9781472935830 (trade paperback) |
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1472935837 (trade paperback) |
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9781472920065 (ebook) |
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