The theory that would not die (Record no. 223288)

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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9780300169690 (hbk.)
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International Standard Book Number 9780300175097 (electronic bk.)
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System control number (MiAaPQ)EBC3420687
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Original cataloging agency MiAaPQ
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Classification number QA279.5
Item number .M415 2011
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Classification number 519.5/42
Edition number 22
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The theory that would not die
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title how Bayes' rule cracked the enigma code, hunted down Russian submarines, and emerged triumphant from two centuries of controversy /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Sharon Bertsch McGrayne.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Haven [Conn.] :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Yale University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiii, 320 p.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note pt. 1. Enlightenment and the Anti-Bayesian reaction -- pt. 2. Second World War era -- pt. 3. The glorious revival -- pt. 4. To prove its worth -- pt. 5. Victory 211.
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Summary, etc. "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, it is subjectivity run amok. In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial theorem and the human obsessions surrounding it. She traces its discovery by an amateur mathematician in the 1740s through its development into roughly its modern form by French scientist Pierre Simon Laplace. She reveals why respected statisticians rendered it professionally taboo for 150 years--at the same time that practitioners relied on it to solve crises involving great uncertainty and scanty information, even breaking Germany's Enigma code during World War II, and explains how the advent of off-the-shelf computer technology in the 1980s proved to be a game-changer. Today, Bayes' rule is used everywhere from DNA de-coding to Homeland Security. Drawing on primary source material and interviews with statisticians and other scientists, The Theory That Would Not Die is the riveting account of how a seemingly simple theorem ignited one of the greatest controversies of all time"--
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Type of reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Bayesian statistical decision theory
General subdivision History.
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Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element ProQuest (Firm)
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