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The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You

byScott E. Page

The Model Thinker examines what You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You, combining Scott E. Page's clear narrative with the perspective of a focused examination. By tracing causes alongside consequences, the narrative gives readers both a grounded account and a route into the connected fields of computers and mathematics. Throughout, the author balances an accessible narrative with the complexity needed to understand motives, constraints, and disputed interpretations. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant.

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication date

Nov 27, 2018

Format

Print edition

Pages

448

ISBN

9780465094622