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

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The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy, Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents,, The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy
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  • The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy
  • Written by author Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
  • Published by Yale University Press, 9/25/2012
  • Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents,
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Preface to the Paperback Edition ix

Preface and Note to Readers xi

Acknowledgments xv

Part I Enlightenment and the Anti-Bayesian Reaction 1

1 Causes in the Air 3

2 The Man Who Did Everything 13

3 Many Doubts, Few Defenders 34

Part II Second World War Era 59

4 Bayes Goes to War 61

5 Dead and Buried Again 87

Part III The Glorious Revival 89

6 Arthur Bailey 91

7 From Tool to Theology 97

8 Jerome Cornfield, Lung Cancer, and Heart Attacks 108

9 There's Always a First Time 119

10 46,656 Varieties 129

Part IV To Prove Its Worth 137

11 Business Decisions 139

12 Who Wrote The Federalist? 154

13 The Cold Warrior 163

14 Three Mile Island 176

15 The Navy Searches 182

Part V Victory 211

16 Eureka! 213

17 Rosetta Stories 233

Epilogue 252

Appendixes 257

Dr. Fisher's Casebook 257

Applying Bayes' Rule 259

Notes 271

Glossary for Nonmathematical Readers 283

Bibliography 287

Reading List 320

Index 323


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