Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Riverhead BooksISBN-13:9780593717875ISBN-10:593717872UPC:9780593717875Book Category:Mathematics, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Applied, Decision Making & Problem Solving, Probability & StatisticsSize:8.45 x 5.79 x 0.95 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SC9MW31X2C
Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life
How the rich and powerful use math to exploit you, and what you can do to beat them at their own game Everything we do today is recorded as data that's sold to the highest bidder. Plugging our personal data into impersonal algorithms has made government agencies more efficient and tech companies more profitable. But all this comes at a price. It's easy to feel like an insignificant number in a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Riverhead BooksISBN-13:9780593717875ISBN-10:593717872UPC:9780593717875Book Category:Mathematics, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Applied, Decision Making & Problem Solving, Probability & StatisticsSize:8.45 x 5.79 x 0.95 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SC9MW31X2C
Noah Giansiracusa is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Bentley University, Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, and the author of How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News. His writing has appeared in Scientific American, TIME, WIRED, Slate, and the Washington Post, among others, and he has been featured as a guest on CNN, BBC Radio 4, and Newsmax. Giansiracusa lives in Acton,...
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