In a study of the mathematical modeling of humankind, a financial journalist examines the numerati, an elite, global cadre of mathematicians and computer scientists, and how their analyses and predictions are transforming the way we live, work, buy, and vote.
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Review:
"'The Numerati' is a kind of travelogue, a report from the shadowy regions where data mining, the search for new algorithms and the divination for the hidden meanings disclosed by our choices animates a type of research that was impossible to imagine before the computer . . . an interesting book . . . Baker knows well that the Numerati cannot answer the big questions, like where do we go from here? But perhaps they can help us avoid falling off whatever cliffs we decide to peer over."
Book Description:
Comparable to The Long Tail and Freakonomics, this is a book of complex ideas written for the general reader.
Broad international appeal.
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- PublisherBlackstone Audiobooks
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1433249308
- ISBN 13 9781433249303
- BindingAudio CD
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