The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, & Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of C

The Theory That Would Not Die

How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, & Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of C

2011 • 336 pages

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15

Bayes theory is cute. Pop nonfiction math books seem incapable of being patronizing on one extreme or invoking their math theorem as an abstract magical spell on the other. I prefer the later, which is what this is. How did we find Russian submarines? We cast Bayes at them. Sometimes, even as someone very familiar with Bayes theorem I found these invocations impossible to understand what was literally happening, but overall, this is an easy and mathy read. 3.5 stars.

July 30, 2019