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Title: Data and Reality

Subtitle: A Timeless Perspective on Perceiving and Managing Information in Our Imprecise World

Author: William Kent

Narrator: Randal Schaffer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 09-05-16

Publisher: Technics Publications

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Technology

Publisher's Summary:

Let's step back to the year 1978. Sony introduces hip portable music with the Walkman, Illinois Bell Company releases the first mobile phone, Space Invaders kicks off the video game craze, and William Kent writes Data and Reality. We have made amazing progress in the last four decades in terms of portable music, mobile communication, and entertainment, making devices such as the original Sony Walkman and suitcase-sized mobile phones museum pieces today. Yet remarkably, the book Data and Reality is just as relevant to the field of data management today as it was in 1978.

Data and Reality gracefully weaves the disciplines of psychology and philosophy with data management to create timeless takeaways on how we perceive and manage information. Although databases and related technology have come a long way since 1978, the process of eliciting business requirements and how we think about information remains constant. This book will provide valuable insights whether you are a 1970s data-processing expert or a modern-day business analyst, data modeler, database administrator, or data architect.

This third edition of Data and Reality differs substantially from the first and second editions. Data modeling thought leader Steve Hoberman has updated many of the original examples and references and added his commentary throughout the book, including key points at the end of each chapter.

Members Reviews:

This is an excellent introduction to the ambiguities that make designing a database ...

This is an excellent introduction to the ambiguities that make designing a database difficult and some of the more philosophical aspects of designing databases. A lot of the historical detail is interesting for modern practitioners. I would strongly recommend trying to obtain an edition of this book other than the "third edition" which has been significantly modified by Steve Hoberman. I am in complete agreement with this review (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/RZUKQF8JV7DM3/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1935504215). I would recommend attempting to get hold of an older edition, like this one, while emailing Penguin asking them for a new edition of the original book.

Five Stars

Really interesting conceptual look at data modeling and defining entities

One of the best books on data and modeling I have read

This book does bring a sense of "reality" to data and data modeling. The author provides a fresh perspective on data and data modeling without being dogmatic about which way is the best way to represent data. He exposes some of the subtle but critical factors which everyone working with data needs.

His exposure and description of relationships and how to address them was enlightening.

Five Stars

Very helpful in understanding issues related to representing reality in machine-readable form.

Very Interesting

I found this book following a reference from a Martin Fowler book.

It's been a while since I read it, very interesting discourse on modelling data.