Bastian Greshake Tzovaras's review of The Theory That Would Not Die

Bastian Greshake Tzovaras reviewed The Theory That Would Not Die by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

Sharon Bertsch McGrayne: The Theory That Would Not Die (Hardcover, 2011, Yale University Press)

Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with …

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3 stars

If you are interested in learning about actually using and get a deeper understanding in bayesian statistics: read another book, this will not help you with this.

But the book gives a great history on Bayesian Statistics from it's beginnings, the Bayesian vs Frequentists-wars and it's triumph in our computerised world. So if you want to learn about this, you'll have a fun time reading it.