I haven't read it yet, but it looks inviting
THE END OF THEORY
Will the Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete?
By Chris Anderson
http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge248.html#feature
[Originally published the cover story, "The End of Science", Wired
Magazine: Issue 16.07]
Don't overlook the collection of related articles serving as
illustrations of his point(s):
PETABYTE EXAMPLES
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FEEDING THE MASSES:
Data In, Crop Predictions Out
CHASING THE QUARK:
Sometimes You Need to Throw Information Away
WINNING THE LAWSUIT:
Data Miners Dig for Dirt
TRACKING THE NEWS:
A Smarter Way to Predict Riots and Wars
WATCHING THE SKIES:
Space Is Big — But Not Too Big to Map
SCANNING OUR SKELETONS:
Bone Images Show Wear and Tear
TRACKING AIR FARES:
Elaborate Algorithms Predict Ticket Prices
PREDICTING THE VOTE:
Pollsters Identify Tiny Voting Blocs
PRICING TERRORISM:
Insurers Gauge Risks, Costs
VISUALIZING BIG DATA:
Bar Charts for Words
SPOTTING THE HOT ZONES:
Now We Can Monitor Epidemics Hour by Hour
SORTING THE WORLD:
Google Invents New Way to Manage Data
Looks like several days reading!
Regards,
..jim
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