Alexander Masters

Bayes’s Theorem: the mathematical formula that ‘explains the world’

An obscure 18th-century Presbyterian minister’s insights into statistics are still valued today in making strategic economic decisions and forecasts

The game show host Monty Hall. His counter-intuitive statistics puzzle is explained by Tom Chivers. [Getty Images] 
issue 08 June 2024
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  • Everything is Predictable: How Bayes’s Remarkable Theorem Explains the World

    Tom Chivers

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp. 366, £22

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