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Big Data : Does Size Matter?

Big Data : Does Size Matter?

Big Data : Does Size Matter? Paperback - 2017

by Timandra Harkness

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2017. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Big Data : Does Size Matter?
  • Author Timandra Harkness
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Publication date 2017
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G1472920074I3N00
  • ISBN 9781472920072 / 1472920074
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8 in (19.81 x 12.95 x 2.03 cm)
  • Category Computers - General Information
  • Library of Congress subjects Data protection, Data integrity
  • Dewey Decimal Code 005.7
  • Quantity available 2

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From the publisher

From the first tally, scratched on a wolf bone over thirty thousand years ago, to the Large Hadron Collider, which produces forty million megabytes of data per second, data is big, and getting bigger. It can help us do things faster and more efficiently than ever before, from tracking wolves through Minnesota by GPS to predicting which crimes are likely to happen where. Mega data has led to scientific and social achievements that would have been impossible just a few years ago. But being too dazzled by the scale, the speed, and the geeky jargon can lead us astray. It's big, but it's not always clever.

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?

About the author

Timandra Harkness is a writer and comedian who co-wrote and performed Your Days Are Numbered: The Maths of Death with standup mathematician Matt Parker at the Edinburgh Fringe. She is a regular on BBC Radio and her articles have been published in Men's Health and the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. She lives in London.

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