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Infosense Keith Devlin

Infosense By K. Devlin

Infosense by Keith Devlin


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Summary

It has been called everything from the new gold standard to the fundamental building block of the universe. In InfoSense, Keith Devlin shows how to make sense of the constant flow of information that swirls past us daily, and reveals how businesses and individuals alike can benefit from better information management.

Infosense Summary

Infosense: Turning Data and Information into Knowledge by Keith Devlin

It has been called everything from the new gold standard to the fundamental building block of the universe. In InfoSense, Keith Devlin shows how to make sense of the constant flow of information that swirls past us daily, and reveals how businesses and individuals alike can benefit from better information management.

Infosense Reviews

'Devlin, an accomplished numberist ... gives us a clear picture of his subject ... the key, says Devlin, is not information, but knowledge, which he defines as information put into practice.' - Wired

About Keith Devlin

KEITH DEVLIN is Dean of the School of Science at Saint Mary's College of California and Senior Researcher at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he is the author of a number of books, including The Language of Mathematics; Life by the Numbers; Goodbye, Descartes; Logic and Information; and Mathematics: The Science of Patterns.

Table of Contents

PART A: INFORMATION.- The Ploughshare of Tomorrow.- The Grin of the Cheshire Cat.- A World of Information.- The Dinosaur's Egg.- Acting with Constraint.- The Gentle Art of Persuasion.- Building Walls.- The Hidden Rules of Everyday Conversation.- The Art of Successful Conversation.- Lambs to the Slaughter.- PART B: KNOWLEDGE.- Forever on Your Mind.- In the Knowledge Game, People Beat Computers.- Enter the Chief Knowledge Officer.- The Boston Beer Party and Other Tales.- Becoming an Expert.- Why Expertise Cannot be Taught.- PART C: INFORMATION AT WORK.- Sods' Law: If Something Can Go Wrong, It Will.- Understanding What Went Wrong.- A Fine Power.- Culture at Work.- Three's a Crowd.- Going Round in Circles.- Off the Wall Information.- What's in a Room?.- Tools for the Trade.- The Five-Percent Solution.

Additional information

GOR002052933
9780716741640
0716741644
Infosense: Turning Data and Information into Knowledge by Keith Devlin
Used - Very Good
Paperback
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
2001-06-18
256
N/A
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