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Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked The Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, And Emerged Triumphant From Two Centuries Of (2011)

by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1283101920 (ISBN13: 9781283101929)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Yale University Press

review 1: I don't read a lot of nonfiction. I think it's because it often falls into the problem this book has. That is, there's a morsel of good story, but it's not enough to fill a book.It's interesting that Bayes' Theorem wasn't accepted at first, and why, and how it languished in obscurity until proving its worth, and being a secret weapon, of sorts, of the US against the Russians. But that's maybe half the book, and the rest just isn't very interesting.Being constrained to real history hinders the book, in this case. Now, back to fiction.
review 2: Author has put a lot of effort to gather all the historical background covered in the book.I did enjoy some chapters significantly more than the others. Though the book is aimed atthe general public interested in science ... more(not necessarily trained in Bayesian statistics), I believethat having experience in Bayesian statistics does make the book more enjoyable, which is of course not surprising. I would have preferred if the author had been more relaxed in terms of some of the vocabularyshe used; it would help the reader concentrate more on the storyline/content. Overall a good book speciallyfor someone who is using Bayesian statistics and want to know the interesting history behind it. less

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