Everything Is Predictable
How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024
'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting . . . I finished it not only better informed about a captivating branch of mathematics, but with an invigorating sense of greater purchase on the world' OLIVER BURKEMAN
Thomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician whose obscure life belied the profound impact of his work. Fusing biography, razor-sharp science communication and intellectual history, Everything Is Predictable is a captivating tour of Bayes' theorem and its impact on modern life. From medical testing to artificial intelligence, Tom Chivers shows how a single compelling idea can have far-reaching consequences.
- ISBN:
- 9781399604055
- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- Pages:
- 336
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint:
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Weight:
- 251 g