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Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions

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O'Reilly, Beijing, (2009)

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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. Explore the opportunities and challenges involved in working with the vast number of datasets made available by the Web; learn how to visualize trends in urban crime, using maps and data mashups; discover the challenges of designing a data processing system that works within the constraints of space travel; learn how crowdsourcing and transparency have combined to advance the state of drug research; understand how new data can automatically trigger alerts when it matches or overlaps pre-existing data; learn about the massive infrastructure required to create, capture, and process DNA data.

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