Weapons of Math Destruction

English, Cathy O'Neil
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New York Times Bestseller

'Fascinating and deeply disturbing' - Yuval Noah Harari, Guardian Books of the Year

'A handbook for the 21st-century citizen... accessible, refreshingly critical, relevant, and urgent' - Federica Cocco, Financial Times

A former Wall Street quant sounds the alarm about the mathematical models that permeate modern life and threaten to tear apart our social fabric. We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay for insurance - are made not by humans, but by mathematical models. Theoretically, this should lead to more fairness: everyone is judged by the same rules, and biases are eliminated. Yet, as Cathy O'Neil reveals in this urgent and necessary book, the opposite is true. The models used today are opaque, unregulated, and unchallengeable.

Key specifications

Language
English
Author
Cathy O'Neil
Year
2017
Number of pages
259

General information

Item number
7719557
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Category
Reference books
Manufacturer No.
9780141985411
Release date
6.7.2017
Sales rank in Category Reference books
502 of 1192512

Book properties

Language
English
Author
Cathy O'Neil
Year
2017
Number of pages
259

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0.15 kg
Climate contribution
CHF 0.11

Product dimensions

Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Weight
202 g
Thickness
16 mm

Package dimensions

Length
19.90 cm
Width
13 cm
Height
5.40 cm
Weight
200 g

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