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Free uk delivery on book orders dispatched by amazon over. United nations weapons of mass destruction nuclear, biological and chemical have plagued the human race since their invention and they still pose a threat today. Weapons of math destruction is a timely book about the increasing influence of algorithms to control the news we see, the jobs we can get and the politicians we vote for. A fellow scout leader gave me this book, by john austin, as a gift for helping out with the. Build implements of spitball warfare by austin, john isbn. Oneil writes with great clarity and passion, and this is an urgent and important book. It is short you can read it in an afternoon and it doesnt have time or space for either detailed data analysis there are no formulas or graphs or complete histories of the models she considers.
This book is essentially a very good general history of weapons of mass destruction, back to ww i, with a primary emphasis on nuclear weapons, which makes sense since most of the actual development, deployment, and even usetesting has been nuclear for all the major powers. The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction has continued to give cause for concern even after the end of the cold war. Mini weapons of mass destruction and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. For patriots like billy sinclair, the iraq war started on 911. Weapons of math destruction is not a math book, and it is not investigative journalism. It presents a finelyjudged account of the successive phases of nuclear history, blending wellgrounded historical summaries with acute policy commentary. Free delivery on book orders dispatched by amazon over. Daniel okrent, in public editor column, criticizes new york times for failing to revisit its coverage of iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Millers new book, weapons of mass destruction, arrives at a crucial time where knowing how we got here and why is extremely important. How big data increases inequality and threatens democracy.
A schoolteachers journey through the dark world of compulsory schooling paperback april 1, 2010. Pdf on apr 19, 2017, michael roy and others published cathy oneil. List of books and articles about weapons of mass destruction. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. He is primed to kill in the backwoods of montana, hunting with his buddy pete under the tutelage of his grandfather, a decorated world war ii veteran.
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