Big data : does size matter? /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Harkness, Timandra
Published: Bloomsbury Sigma, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2017.
©2016
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Bloomsbury sigma series
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Carrier Form: 320 pages ; 20 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781472920072 (paperback) :
1472920074 (paperback)
Index Number: QA76
CLC: TP311.13
Call Number: TP311.13/H282
Contents: Part 1: What is it? Where did it come from?. What is data? And what makes it big? ; Death and taxes. And babies ; Thinking machines -- Part 2: What has big data ever done for us?. Big business ; Big science ; Big society ; Data-driven democracy -- Part 3: Big ideas?. Big Brother ; Who do we think you are? ; Are you a data point or a human being? -- Appendix. Keeping your data private.