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

Omschrijving

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.
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Schrijver
McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch
Titel
The Theory That Would Not Die
Uitgever
Yale University Press
Jaar
2012
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
360
Gewicht
552 gr
EAN
9780300188226
Afmetingen
235 x 159 x 25 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

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