Weapons of Math Destruction, How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

O'Neil, Cathy

ISBN 10: 0141985410 / ISBN 13: 9780141985411

Published by London, Penguin Books, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Weapons of Math Destruction, How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
• Publisher: London, Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0141985410
• ISBN 13: 9780141985411
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Weight: 300 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • IT, Computer, Künstliche Intelligenz

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About the Author

Cathy O'Neil is a data scientist and author of the blog mathbabe.org. She earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard and taught at Barnard College before moving to the private sector, where she worked for the hedge fund D. E. Shaw. She then worked as a data scientist at various start-ups, building models that predict people’s purchases and clicks. O’Neil started the Lede Program in Data Journalism at Columbia and is the author of Doing Data Science. She is currently a columnist for Bloomberg View.