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Very nice history of Bayes Theorem and its applications. A fine example of the increasingly common "popular statistics" books, it is kept lively by biographical sketches of the major players. The book also covers a really extraordinary range of applications, from the well-known Federalist papers authorship question to the until recently largely unknown use of Bayes theorem in code-breaking applications during WWII. Long live neo-Bayes-Laplace!
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The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, & Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Co by Sharon Mcgrayne
smspain, January 24, 2012
Very nice history of Bayes Theorem and its applications. A fine example of the increasingly common "popular statistics" books, it is kept lively by biographical sketches of the major players. The book also covers a really extraordinary range of applications, from the well-known Federalist papers authorship question to the until recently largely unknown use of Bayes theorem in code-breaking applications during WWII. Long live neo-Bayes-Laplace!