Everything Is Predictable

How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World

von Tom Chivers

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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 BURKEMANThomas 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.

• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Naturwissenschaften, allgemein
• ISBN: 9781399604055
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.04.2025
• Größe: 195 x 127 mm
• Verlag: Orion Publishing Group