Preface
Big data is not new, nor are data visualization and analysis. Around 5,000 years ago, the Babylonians were using a symbolic number system and mathematical tables not only to record and analyze mundane market information, but also to record and process astronomical data to reach conclusions about the nature of the cosmos.
Technology has advanced considerably since the clay tablets of Babylonian times, and more data is available then ever before, but data volume and complexity and the techniques available to handle data are relative concepts. It has always been challenging to derive insight and meaning from data, and it always will be.
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