Big Data: The Essential Guide to Work, Life and Learning in the Age of Insight b

Description: Big Data by Kenneth Cukier, Viktor Mayer-Schonberger Edward Snowdon exposed Big Data. Here is the ultimate guide. Cory Doctorow (Boing Boing) says: Just the thing to get your head around the big changes already underway. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description New and expanded edition.An International Bestseller - Over One Million Copies Sold!Shortlisted for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.Since Aristotle, we have fought to understand the causes behind everything. But this ideology is fading. In the age of big data, we can crunch an incomprehensible amount of information, providing us with invaluable insights about the what rather than the why.Were just starting to reap the benefits: tracking vital signs to foresee deadly infections, predicting building fires, anticipating the best moment to buy a plane ticket, seeing inflation in real time and monitoring social media in order to identify trends. But there is a dark side to big data. Will it be machines, rather than people, that make the decisions? How do you regulate an algorithm? What will happen to privacy? Will individuals be punished for acts they have yet to commit? In this groundbreaking and fascinating book, two of the worlds most-respected data experts reveal the reality of a big data world and outline clear and actionable steps that will equip the reader with the tools needed for this next phase of human evolution. Notes A new and expanded edition of this international bestseller. Two of the worlds most respected data experts reveal the reality of a big data world and outline clear and actionable steps that will equip the reader with the tools needed for this next phase of human evolution. Author Biography Viktor Mayer-Schonberger (Author) Viktor Mayer-Schonberger is Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University following a decade on the faculty of Harvards Kennedy School. He is one of the most respected authorities on what is happening in the big data arena. His book, Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age is considered a seminal work on the ever-presence of data.Kenneth Cukier (Author) Kenneth Cukier is the Data Editor of The Economist and a leading thinker on developments in big data. His writing on technology, business and society has appeared in Foreign Affairs, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and elsewhere. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Review Just as water is wet in a way that individual water molecules arent, big data can reveal information in a way that individual bits of data cant. Mayer-Schonberger and Cukier show us the surprising ways that enormous, complex and messy collections of data can be used to predict everything from shopping patterns to flu outbreaks - Clay Shirky, author of Cognitive Surplus and Here Comes EverybodyEvery decade, there are a handful of books that change the way you look at everything. This is one of those books. Society has begun to reckon the change that big data will bring. This book is an incredibly important start - Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, and author of Remix and Free CultureAn 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, Boing BoingIn Big Data, Mayer-Schonberger and Cukier break new ground in identifying how todays avalanche of information fundamentally shifts our basic understanding of the world. Argued boldly and written beautifully, the book clearly shows how companies can unlock value, how policymakers need to be on guard, and how everyones cognitive models need to change - Joi Ito, Director of the MIT Media LabThis brilliant book cuts through the mystery and the hype surrounding big data. A must-read for anyone in business, information technology, public policy, intelligence, and medicine. And anyone else who is just plain curious about the future - John Seely Brown, former Chief Scientist, Xerox Corp. and head of Xerox Palo Alto Research CentreThe book teems with great insights on the new ways of harnessing information, and offers a convincing vision of the future. It is essential reading for anyone who uses - or is affected by - big data - Jeff Jonas, IBM Fellow & Chief Scientist, IBM Entity AnalyticsBig Data is a must-read for anyone who wants to stay ahead of one of the key trends defining the future of business - Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, salesforce.comAn excellent primer - Financial Times Long Description New and expanded edition. An International Bestseller - Over One Million Copies Sold! Shortlisted for the Financial Times /Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. Since Aristotle, we have fought to understand the causes behind everything. But this ideology is fading. In the age of big data, we can crunch an incomprehensible amount of information, providing us with invaluable insights about the what rather than the why .Were just starting to reap the benefits: tracking vital signs to foresee deadly infections, predicting building fires, anticipating the best moment to buy a plane ticket, seeing inflation in real time and monitoring social media in order to identify trends. But there is a dark side to big data. Will it be machines, rather than people, that make the decisions? How do you regulate an algorithm? What will happen to privacy? Will individuals be punished for acts they have yet to commit? In this groundbreaking and fascinating book, two of the worlds most-respected data experts reveal the reality of a big data world and outline clear and actionable steps that will equip the reader with the tools needed for this next phase of human evolution. Review Quote Just as water is wet in a way that individual water molecules arent, big data can reveal information in a way that individual bits of data cant. Mayer-Schonberger and Cukier show us the surprising ways that enormous, complex and messy collections of data can be used to predict everything from shopping patterns to flu outbreaks - Clay Shirky, author of Cognitive Surplus and Here Comes Everybody Every decade, there are a handful of books that change the way you look at everything. This is one of those books. Society has begun to reckon the change that big data will bring. This book is an incredibly important start - Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, and author of Remix and Free Culture 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, Boing Boing In Big Data, Mayer-Schonberger and Cukier break new ground in identifying how todays avalanche of information fundamentally shifts our basic understanding of the world. Argued boldly and written beautifully, the book clearly shows how companies can unlock value, how policymakers need to be on guard, and how everyones cognitive models need to change - Joi Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab This brilliant book cuts through the mystery and the hype surrounding big data. A must-read for anyone in business, information technology, public policy, intelligence, and medicine. And anyone else who is just plain curious about the future - John Seely Brown, former Chief Scientist, Xerox Corp. and head of Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre The book teems with great insights on the new ways of harnessing information, and offers a convincing vision of the future. It is essential reading for anyone who uses - or is affected by - big data - Jeff Jonas, IBM Fellow & Chief Scientist, IBM Entity Analytics Big Data is a must-read for anyone who wants to stay ahead of one of the key trends defining the future of business - Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, salesforce.com An excellent primer - Financial Times Promotional "Headline" Edward Snowdon exposed Big Data. Here is the ultimate guide. Cory Doctorow ( Boing Boing ) says: Just the thing to get your head around the big changes already underway. Details ISBN1473647207 Author Viktor Mayer-Schonberger Pages 320 Year 2017 ISBN-10 1473647207 ISBN-13 9781473647206 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint John Murray Publishers Ltd Subtitle The Essential Guide to Work, Life and Learning in the Age of Insight Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 306.46 Publisher John Murray Press Short Title Big Data Language English Publication Date 2017-01-12 UK Release Date 2017-01-12 Audience General NZ Release Date 2017-01-09 AU Release Date 2017-01-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:101425401;

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