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Information Generation is the story of the seminal role data plays in our lives and explains how the advance of our civilization has come hand in hand with our ability to collect and interpret data. Starting with occasional scratching on cave walls, eminent statistician David J. Hand guides us right up to the modern era where society is completely dependent on an abundance of data systems for its very survival.
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Author David J. Hand is Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College, London. He has written over ten books on data and statistics and been a consultant for governments around the world.
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"Sprightly writing and wide-ranging historical allusions make this book a delight to read." -- Toronto Star
"If you are, or you want to be, a statistician, if you are teaching or learning statistics and you want to see beyond the syllabus, or if you simply wish to understand better the role that information, good and bad, plays in modern life, read this book." -- Teaching Statistics
"Sprightly writing and wide-ranging historical allusions make this book a delight to read." -- Toronto Star
"A door to a new research field with many insights on data and data analysis. It is an excellent narrative." --Journal of Computer Statistics
"If you are, or you want to be, a statistician, if you are teaching or learning statistics and you want to see beyond the syllabus, or if you simply wish to understand better the role that information, good and bad, plays in modern life, read this book." -- Teaching Statistics
"Sprightly writing and wide-ranging historical allusions make this book a delight to read." -- Toronto Star
"A door to a new research field with many insights on data and data analysis. It is an excellent narrative." --Journal of Computer Statistics
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- PublisherOneworld Publications
- Publication date2006
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