Find Request It

Cover Image

Big data a revolution that will transform how we live, work, and think

Explores the idea of big data, which refers to our newfound ability to crunch vast amounts of information, analyze it instantly, and draw profound and surprising conclusions from it.

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor
Other Authors:	Cukier, Kenneth
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Subjects:	Big data > Social aspects. Data mining > Social aspects. Internet > Social aspects. Electronic information resources > Social aspects. Technological innovations > Social aspects. Social change.
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	Explores the idea of big data, which refers to our newfound ability to crunch vast amounts of information, analyze it instantly, and draw profound and surprising conclusions from it.
Item Description:	"An Eamon Dolan book."
Physical Description:	242 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-226) and index.
ISBN:	0544002695 (hc) 9780544002692 (hc)
Author Notes:	VIKTOR MAYER-SCHONBERGER is Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University. The co-author of Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We, Live, Work, and Think , he has published over a hundred articles and eight other books, including Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age . He is on the advisory boards of corporations and organizations around the world, including Microsoft and the World Economic Forum. KENNETH CUKIER is the Data Editor of the Economist and co-author of Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think . His writings on business and economics have appeared in Foreign Affairs , the New York Times , the Financial Times , and elsewhere.