Sailing on an Ocean of 0s and 1s The Fourth Paradigm Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery Tony Hey, Stewart Tansley, and Kristin Tolle, Eds. Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, 2009. 286 pp. Paper, $46. ISBN 9780982544204. PDF at http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/fourthparadigm/

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This set of essays from researchers and computer scientists describes the prospects and possibilities of data-intensive science.