The Theory That Would Not Die - Info and Reading Options
how Bayes' rule cracked the Enigma code, hunted down Russian submarines, and emerged triumphant from two centuries of controversy
By Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
"The Theory That Would Not Die" was published by Yale University Press in 2011 - New Haven, CT, it has 320 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The Theory That Would Not Die” Metadata:
- Title: The Theory That Would Not Die
- Author: Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 320
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publish Date: 2011
- Publish Location: New Haven, CT
“The Theory That Would Not Die” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Bayesian statistical decision theory - History - New York Times reviewed - SCIENCE / History - MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy
Edition Specifications:
- Format: Hardcover
- Dimensions: 25 x x centimeters
- Pagination: xiii, 320 p.
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL24958495M - OL16059512W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 670481486
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2010045037
- ISBN-13: 9780300169690
- ISBN-10: 0300169698
- All ISBNs: 0300169698 - 9780300169690
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"The Theory That Would Not Die" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Part 1 : Enlightenment and the anti-Bayesian reaction.
- 2- Causes in the air
- 3- The man who did everything
- 4- Many doubts, few defenders
- 5- Part 2 : Second World War era.
- 6- Bayes goes to war
- 7- Dead and buried again
- 8- Part 3 : The glorious revival.
- 9- Arthur Bailey
- 10- From tool to theology
- 11- Jerome Cornfield, lung cancer, and heart attacks
- 12- There's always a first time
- 13- 46,656 varieties
- 14- Part 4 : To prove its worth.
- 15- Business decisions
- 16- Who wrote The Federalist?
- 17- The cold warrior
- 18- Three Mile Island
- 19- The Navy searches
- 20- Part 5 : Victory.
- 21- Eureka!
- 22- Rosetta stones
- 23- Appendixes.
- 24- Dr. Fisher's casebook
- 25- Applying Baye's Rule to mammograms and breast cancer
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