Weapons of Math Destruction
How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy,Cómo el big data aumenta la desigualdad y amenaza la democracia
first publication date: 2016
genre: nonfiction
original title: Weapons of Math Destruction, Armas de destrucción matemática
original language: English
main subject: mathematics, data ethics, big data
Weapons of Math Destruction is a 2016 American book about the societal impact of algorithms, written by Cathy O'Neil. It explores how some big data algorithms are increasingly used in ways that reinforce preexisting inequality. It was longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction but did not make it through the shortlist. The book has been widely reviewed, and won the Euler Book Prize. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions
7- date of publication: 2016ISBN-13: 978-0-553-41881-1
- ISBN-13: 978-0-14-198541-1
- date of publication: 2016ISBN-13: 978-0-241-29681-3
- date of publication: 2017ISBN-13: 978-0-553-41883-5
- ISBN-13: 978-0-553-41882-8
- ISBN-13: 978-0-14-198542-8
- date of publication: 2016ISBN-13: 978-0-451-49733-8
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