Awitty,exhilaratingandmind-expandingexplorationofthewordofourtimes-data-withmathematicianDrHannahFry.FollowinginthefootstepsofBBCFourspreviousgleefullynerdy,award-winningmathsfilmsTheJoyofStats,TailsyouWin-TheScienceofChanceandTheJoyofLogic,thisnewhigh-techromprevealsexactlywhatdataisandhowitiscaptured,stored,sharedandmadesenseof.Fryalsotellsthestoryoftheengineersofthedataage,peoplemostofushaveneverheardofdespitethefacttheybroughtaboutatechnologicalandphilosophicalrevolution.ForHannahFry,thejoyofdataisallaboutspottingpatterns.ShesLecturerintheMathematicsofCitiesatUCLaswellasbeingthepresenteroftheBBCseriesTrainspottingLiveandCityintheSky,andsheseesdataastheessentialbridgebetweentwouniverses-thetangible,noisy,messyworldthatweseeandexperience,andtheclean,ordered,elegantworldofmaths,whereeverythingcanbecapturedbeautifullywithequations.AlongthewaythefilmrevealstheconnectionbetweenScrabblescoresandonlinemoviestreaming,explainswhyaherdofWiltshiredairycowsarewearingpedometers,anduncoverstheremarkablenetworkmapofWikipedia.WhatsthemysterylinkbetweenmarmaladeandOneDirection?TheJoyofDataalsohailsthegiantcontributionofClaudeShannon,theAmericanmathematicianandelectricalengineerwho,inanattempttosolvetheproblemofnoisytelephonelines,devisedawaytodigitiseallinformation.ItwasShannon,fatherofthebit,whosinglehandedlylaunchedtheinformationage.Meanwhile,thegreenlawnsofBritainsNationalPhysicalLaboratoryhostaracebetweenitsyoungapprenticesinordertodemonstratehowandwhydatamovesquicklyandsuccessfullyaroundmoderndatanetworks.Itsallthankstothebrillianttechniquefirstinventedthereinthe1960sbyWelshmanDonaldDavies-packetswitching-withoutwhichtherewouldbenointernetasweknowit.Butwhatofthefuture,bigdataandartificialintelligence?Shouldwebeworriedbythepaceofchange,andwhatourowndatacouldandshouldbeusedfor?Ultimately,Fryconcludes,datahasempoweredallofus.Wemusthavemachinesatoursideifweretofindpatternsinthemodern-daydatadeluge.But,Frybelieves,regardlessofAIandmachinelearning,itwillalwaystakeustofindthemeaninginthem.如果您喜欢盗梦影城(www.benniaocn.com)分享的《数据的乐趣》,别忘了推荐给你的好友!
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