Theory that would not die, the: how bayes' rule cracked the enigma code, hunted down russian submarines, and emerged triumphant from two centuries of controversy
Auteur :
McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch
Éditeur :
Yale University Press
ISBN :
9780300188226
Date de publication :
25 sept. 2012
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
522 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Drawing on primary source material and interviews with statisticians and other scientists, this book offers an account of Bayes' rule for general readers, It traces its discovery by an amateur mathematician in the 1740s through its development into roughly its modern form by French scientist Pierre Simon Laplace.