Book
Everybody lies : big data, new data, and what the Internet can tell us about who we really are / Seth Stephens-Davidowitz.
A fascinating, illuminating, and witty look at what the vast amounts of information now instantly available to us reveals about ourselves and our world - provided we ask the right questions. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz offers revelations that can help us understand ourselves and our lives better. Drawing on studies and experiments on how we really live and think, he demonstrates in fascinating and often funny ways the extent to which all the world is indeed a lab. This book challenges us to think differently about how we see it and the world.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062390851
- Physical Description: xi, 338 pages : illustrations (some colour), charts ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: The outlines of a revolution -- Your faulty gut -- Was Freud right? -- Data reimagined -- Digital truth serum -- Zooming in -- All the world's a lab -- Big data, big schmata? What it cannot do -- Mo data, mo problems? What we shouldn't do -- Conclusion: How many people finish books? |
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| Subject: | Data mining > Social aspects. Big data > Social aspects. Internet > Social aspects. |
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- 11 of 11 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrace Public Library | 302.231 STE (Text) | 35151001045285 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
