Weidenfeld & Nicolson Everything Is Predictable: How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World

Great explanation of the use of Bayes theorem, the foundation of AI. An exciting intellectual history that is practical. It gives us the courage to confront the uncertainty of the future in a rational way.Bonus for this economist. Provides a framework to challenge/think about the buzzwords of behavioral economics.

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After reading this book you’ll approach statistics with a more healthily sceptical mind frame. Illuminating!

Interesting read for people who like to understand probabilities and math principles without being a math whiz. I bought the book after viewing an interview of the author. He speaks rather hap hazardly and rambling in a random manner, but eventually makes an interesting point. So, I bought his book. The book reflects his speaking style with many anecdotal inserts. He does included much historical support and references to support his writings which I found very interesting.

Tom Chivers is the best science writer in the UK right now, and this is a beautiful, heartfelt and at times heartwarming read, which feels like a weird thing to say about a maths book - until you actually go ahead and read it, and then you’ll see what I mean.