Big Data: How the Information Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives

by Brian Clegg

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785782347
• ISBN13: 9781785782343
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.7"