Cathy O'Neil

Cathy O'Neil

Cathy O'Neil has written at least 8 books. Their most popular book is Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy with 259 saves with an average rating of 3.7⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Nonfiction, Business & Economics, and Mathematics.

informative is their most common moods.

Author Bio

**Cathy O’Neil** is a data scientist and author of the blog [mathbabe.org](https://mathbabe.org). She earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard and taught at Barnard College before moving to the private sector, where she worked for the hedge fund D. E. Shaw. She then worked as a data scientist at various start-ups, building models that predict people’s purchases and clicks. O’Neil started the Lede Program in Data Journalism at Columbia and is the author of *Doing Data Science*. She is currently a columnist for *Bloomberg View*.

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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
  • Cathy O'Neil
3.7
The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation
The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation
  • Cathy O'Neil
3
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On Being a Data Skeptic

On Being a Data Skeptic
  • Cathy O'Neil
3.5
Doing Data Science
Doing Data Science
  • Cathy O'Neil
  • Rachel Schutt
5
Algorithmes : la bombe à retardement
Algorithmes : la bombe à retardement
  • Cathy O'Neil
0
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Arme matematice de distrugere

Arme matematice de distrugere
  • Cathy O'Neil
3
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Weapons of Math Destruction, Algorithms to Live By, The Courage To Be Disliked 3 Books Collection Set

Weapons of Math Destruction, Algorithms to Live By, The Courage To Be Disliked 3 Books Collection Set
  • Cathy O'Neil
  • Brian Christian
  • Ichiro Kishimi
  • Tom Griffiths
  • Fumitake Koga
0
Angriff der Algorithmen
Angriff der Algorithmen
  • Cathy O'Neil
0