The Hyperpower of Informatics

Only recently have we begun to appreciate the radical degree to which informatics—the science of computers and algorithms—is transforming modern society. In this lively and accessible survey of its foundations and implications, Gérard Berry shows how information and data have come to occupy a central role not only in our technologies and sciences, but also in our daily lives. This growing dominance of smart devices, algorithms, and networked data, he argues, has helped usher in a new techno...