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 branch 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.
| Autor |
Tom Chivers |
|---|---|
| Vydavateľ |
Orion Publishing Co |
| Jazyk | anglický |
| Väzba | Paperback / softback |
| Počet strán | 336 |
| Formát | 198 x 129 |
| EAN | 9781399604055 |
| Rok vydania | 2025 |
| Edícia |
História |