Segaran, Toby (ed.) Hammerbacher, Jeff (ed.) <br/><br/>
Beautiful Data: The Stories behind Elegant Data Solutions 

 - Cambridge et al.,   O'Reilly,  2009 
 - 364 pages 
<br/><br/> In this insightful book, you'll learn from the best data practitioners in the field just how wide-ranging -- and beautiful -- working with data can be. Join 39 contributors as they explain how they developed simple and elegant solutions on projects ranging from the Mars lander to a Radiohead video.<br/><br/>With Beautiful Data, you will:<br/><br/>    Explore the opportunities and challenges involved in working with the vast number of datasets made available by the Web<br/>    Learn how to visualize trends in urban crime, using maps and data mashups<br/>    Discover the challenges of designing a data processing system that works within the constraints of space travel<br/>    Learn how crowdsourcing and transparency have combined to advance the state of drug research<br/>    Understand how new data can automatically trigger alerts when it matches or overlaps pre-existing data<br/>    Learn about the massive infrastructure required to create, capture, and process DNA data<br/><br/>That's only small sample of what you'll find in Beautiful Data. For anyone who handles data, this is a truly fascinating book.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-596-15711-8 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>data collection data visualization data processing systems design textbook