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Hollerith punch card
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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Dec 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Data is a hugely profitable commodity - if you know how to process it. Tim Harford tells the story of Herman Hollerith, and how his 19th-century machine for processing census data laid the foundations for some of the world's most valuable companies.
Released:
Dec 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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