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The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Drawing on primary source material and interviews with statisticians and other scientists, this book offers an account of Bayes' rule for general readers, It traces its discovery by an amateur mathematician in the 1740s through its development into roughly its modern form by French scientist Pierre Simon Laplace.
336 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 25, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780300188226 |
Publishers | Yale University Press |
Pages | 360 |
Dimensions | 157 × 236 × 24 mm · 570 g |
Language | English |
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