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Geography's Quantitative Revolutions : Edward A. Ackerman and the Cold War Origins of Big Data /

"This book traces the recent history of geography, information, and technology through the biography of Edward A. Ackerman, an important but forgotten figure in geography's 'quantitative revolution.' It argues that Ackerman's work helped encode the hidden logics of a distort...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wyly, Elvin K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, [2019]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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