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Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World
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A “fascinating, witty, and perspective-shifting” (Oliver Burkeman,
New York Times
bestselling author) tour of Bayes’s theorem and its global impact on modern life from the acclaimed science writer and author of
The Rationalist’s Guide to the Galaxy
.
At its simplest, Bayes’s theorem describes the probability of an event, based on prior knowledge of conditions that might be related to the event. But in
Everything Is Predictable,
Tom Chivers lays out how it affects every aspect of our lives. He explains why highly accurate screening tests can lead to false positives and how a failure to account for it in court has put innocent people in jail. A cornerstone of rational thought, many argue that Bayes’s theorem is a description of almost everything.
But who was the man who lent his name to this theorem? How did an 18th-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician uncover a theorem that would affect fields as diverse as medicine, law, and artificial intelligence?
“Witty, lively, and best of all, extremely nerdy” (Tim Harford, author of
The Undercover Economist
),
Everything Is Predictable
is an entertaining and accessible illustration of how a single compelling idea can have far reaching consequences.
New York Times
bestselling author) tour of Bayes’s theorem and its global impact on modern life from the acclaimed science writer and author of
The Rationalist’s Guide to the Galaxy
.
At its simplest, Bayes’s theorem describes the probability of an event, based on prior knowledge of conditions that might be related to the event. But in
Everything Is Predictable,
Tom Chivers lays out how it affects every aspect of our lives. He explains why highly accurate screening tests can lead to false positives and how a failure to account for it in court has put innocent people in jail. A cornerstone of rational thought, many argue that Bayes’s theorem is a description of almost everything.
But who was the man who lent his name to this theorem? How did an 18th-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician uncover a theorem that would affect fields as diverse as medicine, law, and artificial intelligence?
“Witty, lively, and best of all, extremely nerdy” (Tim Harford, author of
The Undercover Economist
),
Everything Is Predictable
is an entertaining and accessible illustration of how a single compelling idea can have far reaching consequences.
A “fascinating, witty, and perspective-shifting” (Oliver Burkeman,
New York Times
bestselling author) tour of Bayes’s theorem and its global impact on modern life from the acclaimed science writer and author of
The Rationalist’s Guide to the Galaxy
.
At its simplest, Bayes’s theorem describes the probability of an event, based on prior knowledge of conditions that might be related to the event. But in
Everything Is Predictable,
Tom Chivers lays out how it affects every aspect of our lives. He explains why highly accurate screening tests can lead to false positives and how a failure to account for it in court has put innocent people in jail. A cornerstone of rational thought, many argue that Bayes’s theorem is a description of almost everything.
But who was the man who lent his name to this theorem? How did an 18th-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician uncover a theorem that would affect fields as diverse as medicine, law, and artificial intelligence?
“Witty, lively, and best of all, extremely nerdy” (Tim Harford, author of
The Undercover Economist
),
Everything Is Predictable
is an entertaining and accessible illustration of how a single compelling idea can have far reaching consequences.
New York Times
bestselling author) tour of Bayes’s theorem and its global impact on modern life from the acclaimed science writer and author of
The Rationalist’s Guide to the Galaxy
.
At its simplest, Bayes’s theorem describes the probability of an event, based on prior knowledge of conditions that might be related to the event. But in
Everything Is Predictable,
Tom Chivers lays out how it affects every aspect of our lives. He explains why highly accurate screening tests can lead to false positives and how a failure to account for it in court has put innocent people in jail. A cornerstone of rational thought, many argue that Bayes’s theorem is a description of almost everything.
But who was the man who lent his name to this theorem? How did an 18th-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician uncover a theorem that would affect fields as diverse as medicine, law, and artificial intelligence?
“Witty, lively, and best of all, extremely nerdy” (Tim Harford, author of
The Undercover Economist
),
Everything Is Predictable
is an entertaining and accessible illustration of how a single compelling idea can have far reaching consequences.
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