Big Data - A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think (Paperback)

"Financial Times" Business Book of the Year Finalist
"Illuminating and very timely . . . a fascinating -- and sometimes alarming -- survey of big data's growing effect on just about everything: business, government, science and medicine, privacy, and even on the way we think."
--"New York Times"
It seems like "big data" is in the news every day, as we read the latest examples of how powerful algorithms are teasing out the hidden connections between seemingly unrelated things. Whether it is used by the NSA to fight terrorism or by online retailers to predict customers' buying patterns, big data is a revolution occurring around us, in the process of forever changing economics, science, culture, and the very way we think. But it also poses new threats, from the end of privacy as we know it to the prospect of being penalized for things we haven't even done yet, based on big data's ability to predict our future behavior. What we have already seen is just the tip of the iceberg.
"Big Data" is the first major book about this earthshaking subject, with two leading experts explaining what big data is, how it will change our lives, and what we can do to protect ourselves from its hazards.
"An optimistic and practical look at the Big Data revolution -- just the thing to get your head around the big changes already underway and the bigger changes to come."
--Cory Doctorow, boingboing.com

General

Imprint:	HarperBusiness
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	March 2014
Authors:	Viktor Mayer-Schonberger • Kenneth Cukier
Dimensions:	203 x 134 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	252
ISBN-13:	978-0-544-22775-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > General Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Impact of computing & IT on society Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Information technology industries Promotions
LSN:	0-544-22775-1
Barcode:	9780544227750

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