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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor.
Imprint:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Description:	242 p. ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Big data -- Social aspects. Data mining -- Social aspects. Internet -- Social aspects. Electronic information resources -- Social aspects. Technological innovations -- Social aspects. Social change. Big data -- Social aspects. Data mining -- Social aspects. Internet -- Social aspects. Social change. Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9043343

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Other authors / contributors:	Cukier, Kenneth.
ISBN:	0544002695 (hc) 9780544002692 (hc)
Notes:	"An Eamon Dolan book." Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-226) and index.
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.

Table of Contents:

1. Now
2. More
3. Messy
4. Correlation
5. Datafication
6. Value
7. Implications
8. Risks
9. Control
10. Next
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index