A year to remember

摘要

Big Data: A revolution that will transform how we live, work and think by Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger and Kenneth Cukier, John Murray E20 Everything, from where you are sitting right now to how kind you are, can be digitised and "dataf ied" thanks to cheaper storage, faster processing and better algorithms. And not just your data, but everyone's. This is important for us all, but for science, it's a revolution, argue the authors - and one that is coming our way soon.