Bibliograph

Big data, does size matter?, Timandra Harkness

Type

Label

Big data, does size matter?, Timandra Harkness

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Big data

Oclc number

918283545

Responsibility statement

Timandra Harkness

Series statement

Bloomsbury sigma, Book Fifteen

Sub title

does size matter?

Summary

"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?"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

What is it? Where did it come from? What is data? And what makes it big? ; Death and taxes. And babies ; Thinking machines -- What has big data ever done for us? Big business ; Big science ; Big society ; Data-driven democracy -- Big ideas? Big Brother ; Who do we think you are? ; Are you a data point or a human being -- Appendix. Keeping your data private

Target audience

adult

Classification