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Christopher Steiner
Christopher Steiner is the author of Automate This (2012) and $20 Per Gallon, a New York Times Bestseller (2009). Steiner covered technology as a senior staff writer at Forbes magazine for seven years; before that, he was a staff writer at the Chicago Tribune. His writing has also appeared in... show more

Christopher Steiner is the author of Automate This (2012) and $20 Per Gallon, a New York Times Bestseller (2009). Steiner covered technology as a senior staff writer at Forbes magazine for seven years; before that, he was a staff writer at the Chicago Tribune. His writing has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, MIT Technology Review, Discover magazine and Skiing Magazine. He holds an engineering degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University. Steiner lives in Evanston, Ill., with his family.
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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it 6 years ago
(Original Review, 2012-08-04)There has been a long tradition of defining intelligence to be whatever machines can't do at the time. The recent book "Automate This: How Algorithms came to rule our world" by Christopher Steiner gives a good overview of many of the fields in which computers have achiev...
chadkoh
chadkoh rated it 11 years ago
Although there were a few historical tidbits that were interesting, this book is effectively a tour of how "algorithms" are bringing new efficiencies to many different fields... maybe one day YOURS! Maybe enlightening to the buggy whip manufacturers out there, but not exactly breaking news for the ...
Tyler's Book LIst
Tyler's Book LIst rated it 11 years ago
Awesome easy digestion of the many ways algorithms are being used in our world. highly recommend this read.
Books as Furniture
Books as Furniture rated it 12 years ago
How can the discussion of algorithms be made interesting to the masses? Of course, one way is to talk about how algorithms affect finances. And sports. And health. There seemed to be so much left unsaid and only hinted at. I wanted more than recursions into Wall Street and biographical snippets...
Nutti's muses
Nutti's muses rated it 12 years ago
Interesting book to make one stop & think how dependent our life is on petrol & what it'll mean when it's no longer available.
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