{"product_id":"beautiful-data-toby-segaran-9780596157111","title":"Beautiful Data","description":"In this insightful book, you'll learn from the best data practitioners in the field just how wide-ranging -- and beautiful -- working with data can be. Join 39 contributors as they explain how they developed simple and elegant solutions on projects ranging from the Mars lander to a Radiohead video.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Data\u003c\/em\u003e, you will: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplore the opportunities and challenges involved in working with the vast number of datasets made available by the Web\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn how to visualize trends in urban crime, using maps and data mashups\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscover the challenges of designing a data processing system that works within the constraints of space travel\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn how crowdsourcing and transparency have combined to advance the state of drug research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstand how new data can automatically trigger alerts when it matches or overlaps pre-existing data\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn about the massive infrastructure required to create, capture, and process DNA data\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e That's only small sample of what you'll find in \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Data\u003c\/em\u003e. For anyone who handles data, this is a truly fascinating book. Contributors include: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eNathan Yau\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJonathan Follett and Matt Holm\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJ.M. Hughes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRaghu Ramakrishnan, Brian Cooper, and Utkarsh Srivastava\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJeff Hammerbacher\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJason Dykes and Jo Wood\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJeff Jonas and Lisa Sokol\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJud Valeski\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlon Halevy and Jayant Madhavan\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAaron Koblin with Valdean Klump\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMichal Migurski\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJeff Heer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCoco Krumme\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePeter Norvig\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMatt Wood and Ben Blackburne\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJean-Claude Bradley, Rajarshi Guha, Andrew Lang, Pierre Lindenbaum, Cameron Neylon, Antony Williams, and Egon Willighagen\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLukas Biewald and Brendan O'Connor\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHadley Wickham, Deborah Swayne, and David Poole\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAndrew Gelman, Jonathan P. Kastellec, and Yair Ghitza\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eToby Segaran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Toby Segaran, Jeff Hammerbacher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0596157118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780596157111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e O'Reilly Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 6.97w x 0.76d\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Toby Segaran","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059393851647,"sku":"9780596157111","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da8d6eab-7ed3-4300-be20-24b254df52f5.jpg?v=1685057960","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beautiful-data-toby-segaran-9780596157111","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}