Dominated by numbers

Everything you need to know about the algorithms that control our lives. Our growing reliance on technology and the internet has opened a window for mathematicians and data scientists to monitor our lives. Using the information they constantly collect about where we travel, what we buy, and what interests us, they can predict our daily habits. But how reliable is this data? Without understanding what mathematics can and cannot do, it becomes impossible to comprehend how algorithms are changing everything around us. Including interviews with those working at the forefront of algorithm research, Ruled by Numbers will explain how mathematics and statistics actually work, and what their current limits are.