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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.