I have been reading in Kindle the recent book on Bayes' theory about how to figure statistics: 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
The author is Sharon Bertsch McGrayne.
Here's the Amazon.com link.
This book is hugely interesting as an intellectual history. Much of the work using these statistics is classified, and substantial parts are missing.
I never really understood what Bayesian meant before.
KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR
How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
By Lisa Randall. Illustrated. 442 pp. Ecco/HarperCollins Publishers. $29.99.
Here is a link to the Brain Pickings list of seven books on the subject of "time." Very interesting. Lisa Randall's book is not on the list.
Here is a link to the Brain Pickings list of seven books on the subject of "time." Very interesting. Lisa Randall's book is not on the list.