“By the end of late 1945, I was a statistician rather than a topologist”
invented: “bit”
invented: “software”
invented: “FFT”
“the progenitor of data science.” - @mshron
“The Future of Data Analysis,” 1962John W. Tukey
introduces: “Exploratory data anlaysis”
Tukey 1965, via John Chambers
TUKEY BEGAT S WHICH BEGAT R
Tukey 1972
Tukey 1975
In 1975, while at Princeton, Tufte was asked to teach a statistics course to a group of journalists who were visiting the school to study economics. He developed a set of readings and lectures on statistical graphics, which he further developed in joint seminars he subsequently taught with renowned statistician John Tukey (a pioneer in the field of information design). These course materials became the foundation for his first book on information design, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
TUKEY BEGAT VDQI
Tukey 1977
TUKEY BEGAT EDA
fast forward -> 2001
“The primary agents for change should be university departments themselves.”
data science @ The New York Times
histories
1. slow burn @Bell: as heretical statistics (see also Breiman)
"...social activities generate large quantities of potentially valuable data...The data were not generated for the purpose of learning; however, the potential for learning is great’’
"...social activities generate large quantities of potentially valuable data...The data were not generated for the purpose of learning; however, the potential for learning is great’’ - J Chambers, Bell Labs,1993
data science: the web
data science: the web
is your “online presence”
data science: the web
is a microscope
data science: the web
is an experimental tool
1851 1996
newspapering: 1851 vs. 1996 vs. 2008
2008
“a startup is a temporary organization in search of a repeatable and scalable business model” —Steve Blank