The formula : how algorithms solve all our problems --and create more
by
 
Dormehl, Luke, author.

Title
The formula : how algorithms solve all our problems --and create more

Author
Dormehl, Luke, author.

ISBN
9780399170539

Personal Author
Dormehl, Luke, author.

Edition
First American edition.

Physical Description
278 pages ; 22 cm

General Note
"A Perigee book."
 
"Previously published in the UK in 2014 by Virgin Books, an imprint of Ebury Publishing"--Title-page verso.

Contents
An explanation of the title, and other cyberbole -- The quantified selves -- The match & the spark -- Do algorithms dream of electric laws? -- The machine that made art -- Predicting the future.

Abstract
In The Formula, Luke Dormehl takes readers inside the world of numbers, asking how we came to believe in the all-conquering power of algorithms; introducing the mathematicians, artificial intelligence experts and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who are shaping this brave new world, and ultimately asking how we survive in an era where numbers can sometimes seem to create as many problems as they solve.

Subject Term
Algorithms -- Popular works.
 
Algorithms -- History.


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IIEMSAGeneral Books33168025755030518.1 D712F 20141