{"product_id":"the-theory-that-would-not-die-how-bayes-rule-cracked-the-enigma-code-hunted-down-russian-submarines-and-emerged-triumphant-from-two-centuries-of-c-paperback","title":"The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of C - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSharon Bertsch McGrayne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditor's Choice: A vivid account of the generations-long dispute over Bayes' rule, one of the greatest breakthroughs in the history of applied mathematics and statistics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An intellectual romp touching on, among other topics, military ingenuity, the origins of modern epidemiology, and the theological foundation of modern mathematics.\"--Michael Washburn, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"To have crafted a page-turner out of the history of statistics is an impressive feat. If only lectures at university had been this racy.\"--David Robson, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cp\u003eIn the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial theorem and the human obsessions surrounding it. She traces its discovery by an amateur mathematician in the 1740s through its development into roughly its modern form by French scientist Pierre Simon Laplace. She reveals why respected statisticians rendered it professionally taboo for 150 years--at the same time that practitioners relied on it to solve crises involving great uncertainty and scanty information (Alan Turing's role in breaking Germany's Enigma code during World War II), and explains how the advent of off-the-shelf computer technology in the 1980s proved to be a game-changer. Today, Bayes' rule is used everywhere from DNA de-coding to Homeland Security.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on primary source material and interviews with statisticians and other scientists, \u003ci\u003eThe Theory That Would Not Die\u003c\/i\u003e is the riveting account of how a seemingly simple theorem ignited one of the greatest controversies of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharon Bertsch McGrayne\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eNobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePrometheans in the Lab: Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754158227744,"sku":"9780300188226","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dc3624e68afaa64fe39407e719c22454.webp?v=1780034662","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-theory-that-would-not-die-how-bayes-rule-cracked-the-enigma-code-hunted-down-russian-submarines-and-emerged-triumphant-from-two-centuries-of-c-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}