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Book SynopsisShortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize and the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book Prize
"A beautifully accessible guide.…One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms." —
Times (UK)
Trade Review"With refreshing simplicity, Fry explains what AI, machine learning and complicated algorithms really mean." -- Guardian
"Fascinating and funny. I learned something on every page." -- Tom Chivers - Buzzfeed
"An action-packed read during which you will be outraged, provoked, and challenged." -- Cathy O’Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction
"This short, sharp book on the power and dangers of algorithms offers one of the clearest explanations of a complex subject." -- Financial Times
"Hannah Fry is one of the best STEM explainers and popularizers today." -- Forbes
"For a reader unfamiliar with the technical aspects of AI, this book offers among the best lay explanations of how algorithms work." -- Science
"Hannah Fry makes algorithms sound not only quite interesting but an idea that we must understand better as they dominate more and more of our daily lives in ways we see and in many ways we don’t." -- Amazon Book Review
"Mixing mathematics and storytelling, this book asks the big questions about algorithms and humans—and their future together." -- Literary Hub
"A well-constructed tour of technology and its discontents?timely, too, given the increasing prominence of AI in our daily lives." -- Kirkus Reviews
"A lucid and timely analysis." -- Booklist (starred review)
