Everything Is Predictable : How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World - Tom Chivers

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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 branc h of mathematics, but with an invigorating sense of greater purchase on the world' OLIVER BURKEMANThomas 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. Show more