Tom Chivers.
Everything is Predictable: how Bayes' remarkable theorem explains the world.
Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 2024
From medical testing to artificial intelligence,
Tom Chivers shows how a single compelling idea can have far-reaching consequences.
Thomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician
whose obscure life belied the profound legacy of his work.
Fusing biography, razor-sharp science communication and intellectual history,
Everything is Predictable is a captivating tour of Bayes’ theorem
and its impact on modern life.