MARC details
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03323cam a2200409 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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2016003900 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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DLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20240430145813.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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160315s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2016003900 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780553418811 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0553418815 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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n-us--- |
| 050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QA76.9.B45 |
| Item number |
O64 2016 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) |
QA 76.9.B45 O64 2016 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
O'Neil, Cathy, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9653 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Weapons of math destruction : |
| Remainder of title |
how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Cathy O'Neil. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Crown, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[2016] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 259 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-252) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Bomb parts: What is a model? --<br/> Shell shocked: My journey of disillusionment --<br/> Arms race: Going to college --<br/> Propaganda machine: Online advertising --<br/> Civilian casualties: Justice in the age of big data --<br/> Ineligible to serve: Getting a job --<br/> Sweating bullets: On the job --<br/> Collateral damage: Landing credit --<br/> No safe zone: Getting insurance --<br/> The targeted citizen: Civic life. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives -- where we go to school, whether we get a car loan, how much we pay for health insurance -- are being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated. But as Cathy O'Neil reveals in this book, the opposite is true. The models being used today are opaque, unregulated, and uncontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination: If a poor student can't get a loan because a lending model deems him too risky (by virtue of his zip code), he's then cut off from the kind of education that could pull him out of poverty, and a vicious spiral ensues. Models are propping up the lucky and punishing the downtrodden, creating a 'toxic cocktail for democracy.' Welcome to the dark side of Big Data. Tracing the arc of a person's life, O'Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society. These 'weapons of math destruction' score teachers and students, sort résumés, grant (or deny) loans, evaluate workers, target voters, set parole, and monitor our health. O'Neil calls on modelers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use. But in the end, it's up to us to become more savvy about the models that govern our lives. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Big data |
| General subdivision |
Social aspects |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9654 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Big data |
| General subdivision |
Political aspects |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9655 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Social indicators |
| General subdivision |
Mathematical models |
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Moral and ethical aspects. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9656 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Democracy |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
8156 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
United States |
| General subdivision |
Social conditions |
| Chronological subdivision |
21st century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9000 |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Display text |
Online version: |
| Main entry heading |
O'Neil, Cathy, author. |
| Title |
Weapons of math destruction |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
New York : Crown Publishers, [2016] |
| International Standard Book Number |
9780553418828 |
| Record control number |
(DLC) 2016016487 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Item type |
Books |
| 907 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT G, LDG (RLIN) |
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43376 |