算法帝国

by Christopher Steiner, 李筱莹 (Translator)

今 天，算法涉足的领域已经远远超出了其创造者的预期。特别是进入信息时代以后，算法的应用涵盖金融、医疗、法律、体育、娱乐、外交、文化、国家安全等诸多方面，显现出源于人类而又超乎人类的强大威力。《算法帝国》是《纽约时报》畅销书作者斯坦纳的又一力作，通过一个又一个引人入胜的故事，向读者介绍了算法掌控世界的真实情况，揭示了“机器人革命”是如何悄然在我们身边发生的。
《算法帝国》适合所有对科技史、信息革命、算法原理、数据分析感兴趣的读者阅读参考。

215 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2014

About the author

Christopher is a civil engineer and a staff writer at Forbes magazine. His book, $20 Per Gallon, was released on July 15, 2009 by Grand Central Publishers.

Intrigued by rising gasoline prices in spring 2008, Christopher Steiner conceived of the concept for $20 Per Gallon when he wondered, simply, how will our lives change in a future of higher gas prices? A civil engineer and a staff writer at Forbes who regularly reports on energy, technology and innovative entrepreneurs, Steiner researched the question. His examination roamed from Manhattan tunnels to desert plane graveyards to organic farm fields and manifested in this book, which breaks down our future and its coming changes in terms of dollars per gallon.

Before his first reporting job at the Chicago Tribune, Steiner worked as a civil-environmental engineer in San Francisco and Park City, Utah. He holds degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his wife, Sarah, and his son, Jackson.