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Everything Is Predictable

- How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World
Af: Tom Chivers Engelsk Paperback

Everything Is Predictable

- How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World
Af: Tom Chivers Engelsk Paperback
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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.

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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.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9781399604055
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1399604058
Udg. Dato: 24 apr 2025
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 129mm
Højde: 196mm
Forlag: Orion Publishing Co
Oplagsdato: 24 apr 2025
Forfatter(e): Tom Chivers
Forfatter(e) Tom Chivers


Kategori Biografier: videnskab, teknologi og medicin


ISBN-13 9781399604055


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 336


Udgave


Længde 21mm


Bredde 129mm


Højde 196mm


Udg. Dato 24 apr 2025


Oplagsdato 24 apr 2025


Forlag Orion Publishing Co