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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy: , by Cathy O'Neil. New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 2016. 272 pp. $26.00 hardcover. ISBN 9780553418811 (hardcover).
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"Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy." The Information Society, 33(5), pp. 301–302
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Metadata
- Authors
- Doyle, T.
- Venue
- The Information Society
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-10-03
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 301-302
- ISSN
- 0197-2243 (ISSN-L)
- 1087-6537
- OpenAlex
- W2764072425
- Cited by
- 3,071
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 561.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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