Search play_arrow "economics"

There's a joke that all other natural sciences are just applied physics. But that physics is just applied mathematics. All intellectual hobnobbing aside, physics is perhaps the central science that informs all others, at least about the natural world and the cosmos. Physics dictates and describes which medicines will work, why planes fly, when the . . .

For most, the words “data” and “information” conjure up similar images. For those who work in information management, fields, however, the difference is vast. Data is random, a small fact without context. Organized data is information. It has value and can provide insight into decision making. Let's provide some examples. A list of addresses is . . .

Library science is the science of organizing information to promote value and ease of use. And in today's data rich world, the science or organizing information is big business. Libraries of today offer a wide range of services, from outreach, to research support, to the creation of data exploration tools. The larger the library, the . . .

There's a reason it's called “real” estate. Over the last thousand plus years perhaps the single most valuable entity has been land and property. As Mark Twain said, “buy land, they aren't making any more of it.” And so the story goes, that the single most solid investment has met the information age. An age . . .