- Statistics: the Art and Science of Learning from Data by Alan Agresti, Christine Franklin
- Head First Data Analysis: A learner's guide to big numbers, statistics, and good decisions by Michael Milton
- Data Analysis with Open Source Tools by Philipp K. Janert
- Click: What Millions of People Are Doing Online and Why it Matters by Bill Tancer
- Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages by Alex Wright
- The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick
- Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age by Theodore M. Porter
Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration
http://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration.html
