Timandra Harkness cuts through the hype to put data science into its real-life context using a wide range of stories, people, and places to reveal what is essentially a human science--demystifying big data, telling us where it comes from and what it can do.
Best-selling IT author Thomas Erl and his team clearly explain key Big Data concepts, theory and terminology, as well as fundamental technologies and techniques. All coverage is supported with case study examples and numerous simple diagrams.
We have written this textbook for big data service providers who may be interested in offering a broader perspective of this emerging field to accompany their customer and developer training programs.
In contrast to the hype and hubris of much media and business coverage, The Data Revolution provides a synoptic and critical analysis of the emerging data landscape.
We live in a world of Big Data--and it's getting biggerevery day. In Numbersense, expert statistician Kaiser Fungexplains when you should accept the conclusions of the Big Data "experts"--and when you should say, "Wait . . . what?"
This book demonstrates the inevitability of a continuously growing role of data in our society and it stresses that this role does not need to be threatening.
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