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Cosa abbiamo imparato da 5 milioni di libri

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Avete giocato con l'Ngram Viewer dei Google Labs? E' un'avvincente strumento che permette di cercare parole e idee in un database di 5 milioni di libri che attraversano diversi secoli. Erez Lieberman Aiden e Jean-Baptiste Michel ci mostrano some funziona, e alcune delle cose sorprendenti che si possono imparare da 500 miliardi di parole.

Jean-Baptiste Michel looks at how we can use large volumes of data to better understand our world. Full bio »

Erez Lieberman Aiden pursues a broad range of research interests, spanning genomics, linguistics, mathematics ... Full bio »

Translated into Italian by Claudio Dinapoli
Reviewed by Emanuele Caccia
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