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The human face of big data / created by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt.

Van Pelt Library QA76.9.D343 S6365 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Smolan, Rick.
Contributor:
Erwitt, Jennifer.
Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Big data--Social aspects.
Big data.
Data mining--Social aspects.
Data mining.
Big data--Pictorial works.
Data mining--Pictorial works.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
Physical Description:
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, charts ; 37 cm
Place of Publication:
Sausalito, Calif. : Against All Odds Productions, [2012]
Summary:
The authors invited more than 100 journalists worldwide to use photographs, charts and essays to explore the world of big data and its growing influence on our lives and society.
Contents:
Reflections in a digital mirror / essay by Juan Enriquez
Our data, ourselves / essays by Kate Greene and A.J. Jacobs
Dark data / essays by Marc Goodman and Susan Karlin
Pulse of the planet / essay by Esther Dyson
How crowdsourcing is changing science / essay by Gareth Cook
A demograph of one / essay by Michael S. Malone
The art of data / essay by Aaron Koblin
Data driven / essay by Jonathan Harris.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
1454908270
9781454908272
OCLC:
809911403
Publisher Number:
9781454908272

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