Matthew L. Jones

Matthew L. Jones writes about the history of science and technology, focusing on early modern Europe and on recent information technologies. His books include Data Mining, How Data Happened and Reckoning with Matter.

a close up of a person wearing glasses and a beard.

a group of white objects sitting on top of a black surface.

The Future

The wild evolution of data science and how to unpack it

Data scientists first gained prominence by making us click on ads — now the profession spans a multiverse.