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How Data Happened

A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms

par Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones ...

**“Fascinating.” —Jill Lepore, The New YorkerA sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.**From facial recognition—capable of checking people into flights or identifying undocumented residents—to automated decision systems that inform who gets loans and who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But ... En savoir plus

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**“Fascinating.” —Jill Lepore, The New YorkerA sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.**From facial recognition—capable of checking people into flights or identifying undocumented residents—to automated decision systems that inform who gets loans and who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But
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數據與權力：控制世界的數據科學、資料分析與AI演算法，如何影響我們下決定

How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms

par 克里斯．威金斯（Chris Wiggins）, 馬修．瓊斯（Matthew L. Jones） ...

Traduit par 吳國慶 ...

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一部關於數據及其技術、政治和倫理影響的恢弘歷史追溯從理性時代到當今演算法時代的數據及其分析應用的發展理解數據發展的起源，並思考數據在歷史中的地位探討數據造成的影響，思考演算法與人工智慧帶來的隱憂分析大企業與政府如何形塑大規模監控，並反思科技造成的困境透過歷史視角，全面展現數據科學的發展歷程，深入探討社會影響從可以為旅客辦理登機或識別無證居民的人臉識別技術，到決定誰能獲得貸款、誰能獲得保釋的自動化決策系統，我們每個人都生活在一個由數據賦能的演算法所主導的世界中。然而，這些技術並非憑空出現，而是一段延續了數世紀的歷史之一部分，從美國憲法中確立的人口普查，到維多利亞時代英國優生學的誕生，再到谷歌搜索的發展。基於他們在哥倫比亞大學開設的熱門課程，兩位作者克里斯．威金斯（Chris Wiggins）和馬修．瓊斯（Matthew L. Jones）深入闡述了數據資料長期以來如何被用作論證真理的工具和武器 ... En savoir plus

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一部關於數據及其技術、政治和倫理影響的恢弘歷史追溯從理性時代到當今演算法時代的數據及其分析應用的發展理解數據發展的起源，並思考數據在歷史中的地位探討數據造成的影響，思考演算法與人工智慧帶來的隱憂分析大企業與政府如何形塑大規模監控，並反思科技造成的困境透過歷史視角，全面展現數據科學的發展歷程，深入探討社會影響從可以為旅客辦理登機或識別無證居民的人臉識別技術，到決定誰能獲得貸款、誰能獲得保釋的自動化決策系統，我們每個人都生活在一個由數據賦能的演算法所主導的世界中。然而，這些技術並非憑空出現，而是一段延續了數世紀的歷史之一部分，從美國憲法中確立的人口普查，到維多利亞時代英國優生學的誕生，再到谷歌搜索的發展。基於他們在哥倫比亞大學開設的熱門課程，兩位作者克里斯．威金斯（Chris Wiggins）和馬修．瓊斯（Matthew L. Jones）深入闡述了數據資料長期以來如何被用作論證真理的工具和武器
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Data Science in Context

Foundations, Challenges, Opportunities

par Alfred Z. Spector, Peter Norvig, Chris Wiggins, Jeannette M. Wing ...

Data science is the foundation of our modern world. It underlies applications used by billions of people every day, providing new tools, forms of entertainment, economic growth, and potential solutions to difficult, complex problems. These opportunities come with significant societal consequences, raising fundamental questions about issues such as data quality, fairness, privacy, and causation. In ... En savoir plus

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Data science is the foundation of our modern world. It underlies applications used by billions of people every day, providing new tools, forms of entertainment, economic growth, and potential solutions to difficult, complex problems. These opportunities come with significant societal consequences, raising fundamental questions about issues such as data quality, fairness, privacy, and causation. In
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How Data Happened

A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms

par Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones ...

Lu par Eric Jason Martin ...

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10 heure 27 min

A sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.From facial recognition—capable of checking us onto flights or identifying undocumented residents—to automated decision systems that inform everything from who gets loans to who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But these technologies didn't just appear: ... En savoir plus

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A sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.From facial recognition—capable of checking us onto flights or identifying undocumented residents—to automated decision systems that inform everything from who gets loans to who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But these technologies didn't just appear:
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If/Then

How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future

par Jill Lepore ...

Lu par Jill Lepore ...

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10 heure 39 min

From the best-selling author of These Truths, an “exhilarating” (New York Times Book Review) account of the Cold War origins of our data-mad era.The Simulmatics Corporation, founded in 1959, mined data, targeted voters, accelerated news, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge—decades before Facebook, Amazon, and Cambridge Analytica.Although Silicon Valley likes to ... En savoir plus

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From the best-selling author of These Truths, an “exhilarating” (New York Times Book Review) account of the Cold War origins of our data-mad era.The Simulmatics Corporation, founded in 1959, mined data, targeted voters, accelerated news, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge—decades before Facebook, Amazon, and Cambridge Analytica.Although Silicon Valley likes to
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American Inheritance

Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795

par Edward J. Larson ...

Lu par David de Vries ...

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11 heure 19 min

From a Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful history that reveals how the twin strands of liberty and slavery were joined in the nation's founding."Gut-wrenching. . . . While acknowledging that the study of liberty and slavery in the Revolutionary era remains a 'partisan minefield,' Mr. Larson plunges in, sparing none of the era's most prominent revolutionaries from scrutiny." —Harold Holzer, Wall ... En savoir plus

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From a Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful history that reveals how the twin strands of liberty and slavery were joined in the nation's founding."Gut-wrenching. . . . While acknowledging that the study of liberty and slavery in the Revolutionary era remains a 'partisan minefield,' Mr. Larson plunges in, sparing none of the era's most prominent revolutionaries from scrutiny." —Harold Holzer, Wall
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Playing with Reality

How Games Have Shaped Our World

par Kelly Clancy ...

Lu par Patty Nieman ...

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11 heure 39 min

**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST AND THE GUARDIAN“Absorbing. . . . A revealing look at the hidden role that games have played in human development for centuries.” —Kirkus“By turns philosophical and polemical, this is a provocative and fascinating book.” —The EconomistA wide-ranging intellectual history that reveals how important games have been to human progress, and what’s at ... En savoir plus

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**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST AND THE GUARDIAN“Absorbing. . . . A revealing look at the hidden role that games have played in human development for centuries.” —Kirkus“By turns philosophical and polemical, this is a provocative and fascinating book.” —The EconomistA wide-ranging intellectual history that reveals how important games have been to human progress, and what’s at
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Under Alien Skies

A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

par Philip Plait PhD ...

Lu par Philip Plait PhD ...

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9 heure 19 min

A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, revealing the sky as never seen before―from everywhere but Earth.How would Saturn’s rings look from a spaceship sailing just above them? If you were falling into a black hole, what’s the last thing you’d see before your spaghettification? What would it be like to visit the faraway places we currently experience only through high-powered ... En savoir plus

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A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, revealing the sky as never seen before―from everywhere but Earth.How would Saturn’s rings look from a spaceship sailing just above them? If you were falling into a black hole, what’s the last thing you’d see before your spaghettification? What would it be like to visit the faraway places we currently experience only through high-powered
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No Democracy Lasts Forever

How the Constitution Threatens the United States

par Erwin Chemerinsky ...

Lu par Daniel Thomas May ...

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7 heure 23 min

No Democracy Lasts Forever argues that the Constitution has become a threat to American democracy and must be dramatically changed or replaced if secession is to be avoided.Deeply troubled by the Constitution's inherent flaws, Erwin Chemerinsky, the renowned dean of Berkeley law school, came to the sobering conclusion that our nearly 250-year-old founding document is responsible for the crisis now ... En savoir plus

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No Democracy Lasts Forever argues that the Constitution has become a threat to American democracy and must be dramatically changed or replaced if secession is to be avoided.Deeply troubled by the Constitution's inherent flaws, Erwin Chemerinsky, the renowned dean of Berkeley law school, came to the sobering conclusion that our nearly 250-year-old founding document is responsible for the crisis now
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Planta Sapiens

The New Science of Plant Intelligence

par Paco Calvo ...

Lu par Christopher P. Brown ...

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7 heure 27 min

An astonishing window into the inner world of plants, and the cutting-edge science in plant intelligence.Decades of research document plants' impressive abilities: they communicate with one another, manipulate other species, and move in sophisticated ways. Lesser known, however, is the new evidence that plants may actually be sentient. Although plants may not have brains, their microscopic ... En savoir plus

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An astonishing window into the inner world of plants, and the cutting-edge science in plant intelligence.Decades of research document plants' impressive abilities: they communicate with one another, manipulate other species, and move in sophisticated ways. Lesser known, however, is the new evidence that plants may actually be sentient. Although plants may not have brains, their microscopic
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Well of Souls

Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History

par Kristina R. Gaddy ...

Lu par Chanté McCormick ...

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9 heure 12 min

An illuminating history of the banjo, revealing its origins at the crossroads of slavery, religion, and music.In an extraordinary story unfolding across two hundred years, Kristina Gaddy uncovers the banjo's key role in Black spirituality, ritual, and rebellion. Through meticulous research in diaries, letters, archives, and art, she traces the banjo's beginnings from the seventeenth century, when ... En savoir plus

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An illuminating history of the banjo, revealing its origins at the crossroads of slavery, religion, and music.In an extraordinary story unfolding across two hundred years, Kristina Gaddy uncovers the banjo's key role in Black spirituality, ritual, and rebellion. Through meticulous research in diaries, letters, archives, and art, she traces the banjo's beginnings from the seventeenth century, when
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Why Dinosaurs Matter

par Kenneth Lacovara ...

Lu par Kenneth Lacovara ...

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4 heure 24 min

What can extinct dinosaurs teach us about our future? Plenty, according to paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara, who has discovered some of the largest creatures to ever walk the Earth.By tapping into the ubiquitous wonder that dinosaurs inspire, Lacovara weaves together the stories of our geological awakening, of humanity’s epic struggle to understand the nature of deep time, the meaning of fossils, ... En savoir plus

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What can extinct dinosaurs teach us about our future? Plenty, according to paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara, who has discovered some of the largest creatures to ever walk the Earth.By tapping into the ubiquitous wonder that dinosaurs inspire, Lacovara weaves together the stories of our geological awakening, of humanity’s epic struggle to understand the nature of deep time, the meaning of fossils,
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