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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Christopher Steiner |
| ISBN: | 9781591844921 1591844924 |
| OCLC Number: | 757470260 |
| Description: | vi, 248 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Wall Street, the first domino -- A brief history of man and algorithms -- The Bot top 40 -- The secret highways of Bots -- Gaming the system -- Paging Dr. Bot -- Categorizing humankind -- Wall Street versus Silicon Valley -- Wall Sreet's loss is a gain for the rest of us -- The future belongs to the algorithms and their creators. |
| Responsibility: | Christopher Steiner. |
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"With a fluid prose style and an eye for interesting characters, [Christopher] Steiner, a for-mer reporter for Forbes magazine and now co-founder of an internet grocery company, excels in bringing a dry subject to life. The characters he traces help to dramatise one of the central tenets of the book: that techniques invented for solving problems in one field are spilling over into others, accelerating the pace of change."--Richard Waters, "Financial Times"<br><br>"As readers follow Steiner in his whirlwind tour of algorithm applications, they will marvel at the versatility of a mathematical tool understood only by a small circle of experts. Readers peer over the experts' shoulders long enough to trace the decision-tree logic of an individual algorithm and to follow the cascading dynamics of the linked algorithms that drive the "bots" now handling everything from putting astronauts into space to matching compatible personalities venturing into the dating scene.... An accessible foray into computer programming that has become a hidden but pervasive presence."--Bryce Christensen, "Booklist"<br><br> "Algorithms are affecting every field of human endeavor, from markets to medi-cine, poker to pop music. Read this book if you want to understand the most powerful force shaping the world today and tomorrow."<br> --Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist, MIT; coauthor of "Race Against the Machine" "Christopher Steiner knows how to find terrific stories and tell them well. He has written a lively narrative with humans at its center. To be sure, its subject is important, but the book is also fun."<br> --Randall Stross, author of "Planet Google" and "The Launch Pad"<br> Read more...
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- Finance -- Computer simulation.
- Finance -- Decision making -- Data processing.
- Capital market -- Computer simulation.
- Algorithms.
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