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Silent Revolution: The Algorithms and Hyper-modern Knowledge


Mercedes Bunz, Die stille Revolution, Wie Algorithmen Wissen, Arbeit, Öffentlichkeit und Politik verändern, ohne dabei viel Lärm zu machen, Berlin 2012 A short cut and some remarks Mercedes Bunz, former chief editor of Tagesspiegel online, believes that the digital revolution … Continue reading

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Digital History. Ready made.


Peter Haber, Digital Past, Geschichtswissenschaft im Digitalen Zeitalter, München 2011 Review “What happens to the science of history in the digital age”, Peter Haber, University of Basel, wants to know. His concern is primarily about three things: The origins of … Continue reading

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Digital Humanities and Google: Ancient Places


Google has digitized around 15 million books  and supports researchers in their analysis 15 million books – that is around 10 percent of all books that have been published since Gutenberg. How can so much material be handled usefully? Historians … Continue reading

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Digital Humanities and Google: Ngram-Statistics


Google has digitized around 15 million books  and supports researchers in their analysis 15 million books - that is around 10 percent of all books that have been published since Gutenberg. This large data collection is facing the same problem as other … Continue reading

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