Patterns, statistics, and the stars A Scheme of Heaven: The History of Astrology and the Search for Our Destiny in Data Alexander Boxer Norton, 2020. 349 pp
Highlights from the history of astrology reveal the origins of our quest to find meaning in data Astrology was the first art to capitalize on "the powerful storytelling possibilities inherent in numerical data," writes Alexander Boxer in his new book, A Scheme of Heaven . In that regard, i...
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| Published in | Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 367; no. 6475; p. 255 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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17.01.2020
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Highlights from the history of astrology reveal the origins of our quest to find meaning in data
Astrology was the first art to capitalize on "the powerful storytelling possibilities inherent in numerical data," writes Alexander Boxer in his new book,
A Scheme of Heaven
. In that regard, it was the predecessor of all modern big data disciplines.
A Scheme of Heaven
is an introduction to astrology that offers a handsome primer of the structures and concepts with which astrologers have tried to make our world of data manageable. |
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| ISSN: | 0036-8075 1095-9203 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.aaz9644 |