Big data : does size matter? / Timandra Harkness.
Big data : does size matter? / Timandra Harkness.
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Publisher
London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2016.
Call Numbers
G 2017/3217
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Language
English
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Physical content
304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part 1: What is it? Where did it come from?. What is data? And what makes it big? ; Death and taxes. And babies ; Thinking machines -- Part 2: What has big data ever done for us?. Big business ; Big science ; Big society ; Data-driven democracy -- Part 3: Big ideas?. Big Brother ; Who do we think yo...
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Publisher
London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2016.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
Big data knows where you've been and who your friends are. It knows what you like and what makes you angry. It can predict what you'll buy, where you'll be the victim of crime and when you'll have a heart attack. Big data knows you better than you know yourself, or so it claims. But how well do you know big data? You've probably seen the phrase in...
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Full title
Big data : does size matter? / Timandra Harkness.
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Bloomsbury Sigma ; Book Fifteen
Includes index.
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G 2017/3217
Record Identifier
74VKVLN85zAl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVLN85zAl
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ISBN
9781472920058 (hardback)
1472920058 (hardback)
9781472935830 (trade paperback)
1472935837 (trade paperback)
DDC
303.4834
MMS ID
991024110819502626
