Data Science Tales - A Tech blog by Bia Chaudhry

"There is no beauty better than intellect" ~Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)  To increase the intellectual ability, we need to read and observe. So today I am going to tell you the  technology related magazines. You can find these at your door step and also on-line: IEEE Micro IEEE Micro is an open source journal for engineers, researchers, students and other related people. It is published by IEEE (a computer society) . It contains information regarding science, technology and engineering. Available on-line and in hard form too. Skeptical Inquirer This  magazine is from United States. Skeptical Inquirer is published by CSI (Committee for Skeptical Inquiry)  . This magazines is meant for justifying scientific discoveries by giving proper facts about those. This magazine is available both in soft (on-line) and hard form. Computing (کمپیوٹنگ)  Computing is a Pakistani, Urdu monthly magazine. The chief editor of this magazine is Mr...

“ Data is the new oil? No: Data is the new soil. ”          ~ David McCandless These days plethora of new things are coming like: "Naya Pakistan" , "Naya prime-minister" , "Naya Semester" and the list goes on... but Let's just talk about this "new soil" science that is "Data Science " Data Science is made up of two words: Data and Science.  Data is a Latin word and a plural of  datum, meaning "thing" It is first used in English in 1640's (17th Century ).  Science came from Latin too, it is derived from a Latin word "scientia" meaning knowledge . Then the old French said : "Hey, I don't like "scientia" let's call it "escience" or just forget about "e" in the beginning and say it: "science" " . Then an English came and said : "I order you to take this word as "science" and no more debate on this !" ...