Facts are sacred : the power of data

Rogers, Simon 1967- (Author).

Summary: "Facts are Sacred is a visual guide to the data that shapes our lives, looking behind the headlines and the soudbites to what's really going on. How do governments actually spend our taxes? What is the true human cost of the war in Afghanistan? And what can data reveal about the way we live now?" -- back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780571301614 (hbk.)
ISBN: 0571301614 (hbk.)
Physical Description: print
311 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Publisher: London : Faber and Faber, Guardian Books 2013.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Data everywhere -- In the beginning -- Case study: WikiLeaks -- Spending power -- Building better maps -- Making money -- Measuring happiness -- Case study: London -- Data around the world -- Crowdsourcing -- Case study: The 2011 riots -- The new punk -- How we do it.