Book ID: CBB001231898

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 (2011)

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McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch (Author)


Yale University Press


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: xiii + 320 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Authors & Contributors
Stamhuis, Ida H.
Roldán Casas, José Ángel
Zabell, Sandy L.
Xu, Chuansheng
Weatherson, Brian
Todhunter, Isaac
Concepts
Mathematics
Probability and statistics
Bayes theorem
Philosophy of science
Algorithms
Science and government
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
17th century
20th century, early
Places
France
Netherlands
Institutions
Société de Statistique de Paris
École Polytechnique, Paris
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