About the Author

Viktor Mayer-Schonberger is the co-author (with Kenneth Cukier) of Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think. Published in 2013, the book has been translated into 20 languages and has sold more than 1 million copies worldwide.Thomas Ramge is a business writer, a contributing editor at The Economist and the author of ten books on big data and digitization.

Reviews

Praise for Big Data - .An optimistic and practical look at the big data revolution - just the thing to get your head around the big changes already underway and the bigger changes to come - Cory Doctorow, Boing BoingTeems with great insights on the new ways of harnessing information, and offers a convincing vision of the future. It is essential reading for anyone who uses - or is affected by - big data - Jeff Jonas, IBM Fellow & Chief Scientist, IBM Entity AnalyticsAn excellent primer - Financial TimesFascinating - Observer