The theory that would not die : how Bayes' rule cracked the enigma code, hunted down Russian submarines, & emerged triumphant from two centuries of controversy / Sharon Bertsch McGrayne.

"Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok. In t...

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Main Author: McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch (Author)
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Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2011.
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Call Number: QA279.5 .M415 2011eb
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