Big Data: How the Information Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives (Record no. 296925)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781785782343
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 005.7 CLE-B
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Personal name Brian Clegg
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Big Data: How the Information Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Icon Books Ltd
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2017
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 162 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note We know what you're thinking -- Size matters -- Shop till you drop -- Fun times -- Solving problems -- Big Brother's big data -- Good, bad and ugly -- Further reading -- Index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Is the Brexit vote successful big data politics or the end of democracy? Why do airlines overbook, and why do banks get it wrong so often? How does big data enable Netflix to forecast a hit, CERN to find the Higgs boson and medics to discover if red wine really is good for you? And how are companies using big data to benefit from smart meters, use advertising that spies on you and develop the gig economy, where workers are managed by the whim of an algorithm? The volumes of data we now access can give unparalleled abilities to make predictions, respond to customer demand and solve problems. But Big Brother's shadow hovers over it. Though big data can set us free and enhance our lives, it has the potential to create an underclass and a totalitarian state. With big data ever-present, you can't afford to ignore it. Acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg - a habitual early adopter of new technology (and the owner of the second-ever copy of Windows in the UK) - brings big data to life.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Big data.
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Koha item type Book
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 26/03/2019 1 005.7 CLE-B DCB3720 05/04/2019 05/04/2019 26/03/2019 Book