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Product: The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, & Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of C
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"This account of how a once reviled theory, Baye’s rule, came to underpin modern life is both approachable and engrossing" (Sunday Times).

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok. In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial theorem and the generations-long human drama surrounding it.

McGrayne traces the rule’s discovery by an 18th century amateur mathematician through its development by French scientist Pierre Simon Laplace. She reveals why respected statisticians rendered it professionally taboo for 150 years—while practitioners relied on it to solve crises involving great uncertainty and scanty information, such as Alan Turing's work breaking Germany's Enigma code during World War II.

McGrayne also explains how the advent of computer technology in the 1980s proved to be a game-changer. Today, Bayes' rule is used everywhere from DNA de-coding to Homeland Security. Drawing on primary source material and interviews with statisticians and other scientists, The Theory That Would Not Die is the riveting account of how a seemingly simple theorem ignited one of the greatest controversies of all time.

Product: Think in Systems: The Art of Strategic Planning, Effective Problem Solving, And Lasting Results (Cognitive Development)
Brand: Independently Published
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Product: Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way: Understanding Statistics and Probability with Star Wars, LEGO, and Rubber Ducks
Brand: No Starch Press
Color: Multicolor
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Book - bayesian statistics the fun way: understanding statistics and probability with star wars, lego, and rubber ducks
Language: english
Binding: paperback

Product: A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science
Brand: Simon & Schuster
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Product: Think Bayes: Bayesian Statistics in Python (O'reilly)
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Product: Listening to My Body: A guide to helping kids understand the connection between their sensations (what the heck are those?) and feelings so that they can get better at figuring out what they need.
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Product: The College That Would Not Die: The 1st 50 Years of Portland State University, 1946-1996
Brand: Brand: Oregon Historical Society Pr
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Book by Dodds, Gordon B.
Used Book in Good Condition

Product: The Story of Waterloo Grammar School 1912-1972: The School That Would Not Die
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