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Matthew L. Jones is the James R. Barker Professor of Contemporary Civilization in the Department of History at Columbia University. He studies the history of science and technology, focused on early modern Europe and on recent information technologies. A Guggenheim Fellow for 2012-13 and a Mellon New Directions fellow for 2012-15, he is writing on book on computing and state surveillance of communications, and is working on Data Mining: The Critique of Artificial Reason, 1963-2005, a historical and ethnographic account of “big data,” its relation to statistics and machine learning, and its growth as a fundamental new form of technical expertise in business and scientific research.

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	How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms by Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones 3.54 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Life in the Scientific Revolution: Descartes, Pascal, Leibniz, and the Cultivation of Virtue 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reckoning with Matter: Calculating Machines, Innovation, and Thinking about Thinking from Pascal to Babbage 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Algorithmic Modernity: Mechanizing Thought and Action, 1500-2000 by Morgan G. Ames (editor), Massimo Mazzotti (Editor), J.B. Shank (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms by Chris Wiggins; Matthew L. Jones, Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms - Library Edition by Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones, Eric Jason Martin (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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