Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / Cathy O'Neil.
| Author/creator | O'Neil, Cathy author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York : Crown, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (x, 252 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Bomb parts: what is a model? -- Shell shocked : my journey of disillusionment -- Arms race : going to college -- Propaganda machine : online advertising -- Civilian casualties : justice in the age of big data -- Ineligible to serve : getting a job -- Sweating bullets : on the job -- Collateral damage : landing credit -- No safe zone : getting insurance -- The targeted citizen : civic life. |
| Abstract | "A former Wall Street quantitative analyst sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling, a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality"--NoveList. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 19, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: O'Neil, Cathy. Weapons of math destruction. First edition. New York : Crown, [2016] 9780553418811 |
| LCCN | 2016016487 |
| ISBN | 9780553418828 electronic book |
| ISBN | 0553418823 electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | paperback |
| ISBN | paperback |
| Stock number | CBA70924-C13D-4762-A689-A5B604529950 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |