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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wyly, Elvin K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ackerman, Edward A. > (Edward Augustus), > 1911-1973.
Neo-Kantianism.
Geography > Philosophy.
Geography > Methodology.
Geography.
Geographic information systems.
Geographers.
Geographie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Geographie > Philosophie.
Geographie > Methodologie.
Systemes d'information geographique > Histoire.
Neo-kantisme > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Geographers > United States > Biography.
Geography > History > 20th century.
Geographic information systems > History.
Neo-Kantianism > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo

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