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- Book Title
- Outnumbered: From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-bub
- Publication Date
- 2018-04-19
- ISBN
- 147294741X
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Outnumbered : From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-Bubbles - the Algorithms That Control Our Lives
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 8.8in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Item Width
- 5.9in
- Item Weight
- 14.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Outnumbered is a journey to the dark side of mathematics, from how it dictates our social media activities to our travel routes. Algorithms are running our society, and as Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal has revealed, we don't even realize how our data has been used against us. David Sumpter investigates whether mathematics is crossing dangerous lines when it comes to what we can make decisions about. Our increasing reliance on technology and the internet has opened a window for mathematicians and data researchers to gaze through into our lives. Using the data they are constantly collecting about where we travel, where we shop, what we buy, and what interests us, they can begin to predict our daily habits, and increasingly we are relinquishing our decision-making to algorithms. Are we giving this up too easily? Without understanding what mathematics can and can't do it is impossible to get a handle on how it is changing our lives. In this book, David Sumpter takes an algorithm-strewn journey to the dark side of mathematics. He investigates the equations that analyze us, influence us and will (maybe) become like us, answering questions like: Who are Cambridge Analytica, and what are they doing with our data? How does Facebook build a 100-dimensional picture of your personality? Are Google algorithms racist and sexist? Why do election predictions fail so drastically? Are algorithms that are designed to find criminals making terrible mistakes? What does the future hold as we relinquish our decision-making to machines? Featuring interviews with those working at the cutting edge of algorithm, Outnumbered explains how mathematics and statistics work in the real world, and what we should and shouldn't worry about.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
147294741x
ISBN-13
9781472947413
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features
Publication Name
Outnumbered : From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-Bubbles - the Algorithms That Control Our Lives
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.8in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qa93
Edition Description
Digital Original
Reviews
"Ingenious . . . a deliciously insightful, mildly skeptical analysis of internet data manipulation." - Kirkus "An enlightening book." - Publishers Weekly "As millions slowly wake up to the pitfalls of handing over their digital lives, Sumpter combines engaging hands-on demonstrations with stories from insiders to shed light on precisely how data alchemists seek to persuade and predict us, and whether their almighty algorithms are all they're hyped up to be." - John Burn-Murdoch, data journalist, Financial Times "You've heard about these algorithms that run your life and you want to know two things: how exactly do they work? And how much should I worry? With a refreshing mix of in-depth knowledge and personal honesty, David Sumpter answers both those questions." - Timandra Harkness, writer, comedian and broadcaster, and author of Big Data "A stellar book about the application of mathematics to the real world. Each chapter tells a fascinating story, and David's warm and witty style demonstrates that a mathematician can be so much more than just a machine for turning coffee into theorems. A riveting read." - Kit Yates, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, As millions slowly wake up to the pitfalls of handing over their digital lives, Sumpter combines engaging hands-on demonstrations with stories from insiders to shed light on precisely how data alchemists seek to persuade and predict us, and whether their almighty algorithms are all they're hyped up to be., "Ingenious . . . a deliciously insightful, mildly skeptical analysis of internet data manipulation." - Kirkus "As millions slowly wake up to the pitfalls of handing over their digital lives, Sumpter combines engaging hands-on demonstrations with stories from insiders to shed light on precisely how data alchemists seek to persuade and predict us, and whether their almighty algorithms are all they're hyped up to be." - John Burn-Murdoch, data journalist, Financial Times "You've heard about these algorithms that run your life and you want to know two things: how exactly do they work? And how much should I worry? With a refreshing mix of in-depth knowledge and personal honesty, David Sumpter answers both those questions." - Timandra Harkness, writer, comedian and broadcaster, and author of Big Data "A stellar book about the application of mathematics to the real world. Each chapter tells a fascinating story, and David's warm and witty style demonstrates that a mathematician can be so much more than just a machine for turning coffee into theorems. A riveting read." - Kit Yates, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Sumpter's [...] expertise and sceptical approach are brought alive with fascinating examples including Banksy and Space Invaders., [David Sumpter] reckons with the sheer scales of the systems that manage much of our digital lives. Step by step he details the maths that underpins each of these systems , laying out the straightforward, if advanced, calculations that govern their outcomes - and their limitations., A stellar book about the application of mathematics to the real world. Each chapter tells a fascinating story, and David's warm and witty style demonstrates that a mathematician can be so much more than just a machine for turning coffee into theorems. A riveting read., You've heard about these algorithms that run your life and you want to know two things: how exactly do they work? And how much should I worry? With a refreshing mix of in-depth knowledge and personal honesty, David Sumpter answers both those questions.
Table of Content
PART 1: ANALYSING USChapter 1: Finding BanksyChapter 2: Make Some NoiseChapter 3: The Principal Components of FriendshipChapter 4: One Hundred Dimensions of YouChapter 5: Cambridge HyperbolyticaChapter 6: Impossibly UnbiasedChapter 7: The Data AlchemistsPART 2: INFLUENCING USChapter 8: Nate Silver vs the Rest of UsChapter 9: We 'Also Liked ' the Internet Chapter 10: The Popularity ContestChapter 11: Bubbling UpChapter 12: Football MattersChapter 13: Who Reads Fake News?PART 3: BECOMING USChapter 14: Learning to be SexistChapter 15: The Only Thought Between the DecimalChapter 16: Kick Your Ass at Space InvadersChapter 17: The Bacterial BrainChapter 18: Back to RealityNotesAcknowledgementsIndex
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Applied, Essays
Lccn
2017-473502
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Mathematics
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