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... Zobraziť viac
A fascinating intellectual history that takes a comparatively little-known but important idea and shows how it affects huge areas of our lives Zobraziť viac
Thomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician whose obscure life belied the profound impact of his work. Like most research into probability... Zobraziť viac
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Are paperclips going to destroy life as we know it? What can Mickey Mouse teach us about how to programme AI? Could a more rational approach to life be what saves us all? ... Zobraziť viac
