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Everybody lies : big data, new data, and what the Internet can tell us about who we really are  Cover Image Book Book

Everybody lies : big data, new data, and what the Internet can tell us about who we really are / Seth Stephens-Davidowitz.

Stephens-Davidowitz, Seth, (author.). Pinker, Steven, 1954- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

A former Google data scientist presents an insider's look at what the vast, instantly available amounts of information from the Internet can reveal about human civilization and society.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062390851
  • ISBN: 0062390856
  • Physical Description: xi, 338 pages : charts, illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-318) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I: Data, big and small. Your faulty gut -- Part II: The powers of big data. Was Freud right? -- Data reimagined -- Digital truth serum -- Zooming in -- All the world's a lab -- Part III: Big data: handle with care. Big data, big schmata? What it cannot do -- Mo data, mo problems? What we shouldn't do -- Conclusion: how many people finish books?
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Foreword written by Steven Pinker.
Subject: Data mining > Social aspects.
Big data > Social aspects.
Internet > Social aspects.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Bethlehem Main Library 302.23 (Text) 33062008928013 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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