新SAT必读演讲 Jean-Baptiste Michel-智课教育出国考试精选.pdf

智 课 网 S A T 备 考 资 料 新SAT必读演讲 Jean-Baptiste Michel-智课教育出国考试 新SAT考试范围较广，一些名人演讲常常出现在SAT试题中。下面 智课教育小编为大家带来新SAT必读演讲：Jean-Baptiste Michel，希望对大家SAT备考有所帮助。 一.新SAT今日名人 Jean-Baptiste Michel Jean-Baptiste Michel looks at how we can use large volumes of data to better understand our world. Why you should listen Jean-Baptiste Michel holds joint academic appointments at Harvard (FQEB Fellow) and Google (Visiting Faculty). His research focusses on using large volumes of data as tools that help better understand the world around us -- from the way diseases progress in patients over years, to the way cultures change in human societies over centuries. With his colleague Erez Lieberman Aiden, Jean-Baptiste is a Founding Director of Harvards Cultural Observatory, where their research team pioneers the use of quantitative methods for the study of human culture, language and history. His research was featured on the covers of Science and Nature, on the front pages of the New York Times and the Boston Globe, in The Economist, Wired and many other venues. The online tool he helped create -- -- was used millions of times to browse cultural trends. Jean-Baptiste is an Engineer from Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), and holds an MS in Applied Mathematics and a PhD in Systems Biology from Harvard. 二.新SAT必读演讲 So it turns out that mathematics is a very powerful language. It has generated considerable insight in physics, in biology and economics, but not that much in the humanities and in history. I think theres a belief that its just impossible, that you cannot quantify the doings of mankind, that you cannot measure history. But I dont think thats right. I want to show you a couple of examples why. So my collaborator Erez and I were considering the following fact: that two kings separated by centuries will speak a very different language. Thats a powerful historical force. So the