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Geography's Quantitative Revolutions

- Edward A. Ackerman and the Cold War Origins of Big Data

About Geography's Quantitative Revolutions

Traces the recent history of geography, information, and technology through the biography of Edward A. Ackerman, an important figure in geography's ""quantitative revolution"". The book argues that Ackerman's work helped encode the hidden logics of a distorted philosophical heritage into the network architectures of surveillance capitalism.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781949199093
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 168
  • Published:
  • November 30, 2019
  • Dimensions:
  • 172x67x9 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 200 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: November 1, 2024

Description of Geography's Quantitative Revolutions

Traces the recent history of geography, information, and technology through the biography of Edward A. Ackerman, an important figure in geography's ""quantitative revolution"". The book argues that Ackerman's work helped encode the hidden logics of a distorted philosophical heritage into the network architectures of surveillance capitalism.

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