The Equation of Knowledge: From Bayes' Rule to a Unified Philosophy of Science - Hardcover

Hoang, Lê Nguyên

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0367428156 ISBN 13: 9780367428150

Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2020

Synopsis

The Equation of Knowledge: From Bayes' Rule to a Unified Philosophy of Science introduces readers to the Bayesian approach to science: teasing out the link between probability and knowledge.

The author strives to make this book accessible to a very broad audience, suitable for professionals, students, and academics, as well as the enthusiastic amateur scientist/mathematician.

This book also shows how Bayesianism sheds new light on nearly all areas of knowledge, from philosophy to mathematics, science and engineering, but also law, politics and everyday decision-making.

Bayesian thinking is an important topic for research, which has seen dramatic progress in the recent years, and has a significant role to play in the understanding and development of AI and Machine Learning, among many other things. This book seeks to act as a tool for proselytising the benefits and limits of Bayesianism to a wider public.

Features

• Presents the Bayesian approach as a unifying scientific method for a wide range of topics
• Suitable for a broad audience, including professionals, students, and academics
• Provides a more accessible, philosophical introduction to the subject that is offered elsewhere

About this title

About the Author

Lê Nguyên graduated from the École Polytechnique de Montréal with a PhD in applied mathematics, before working as a post-doctoral researcher at MIT. Since 2016, he has been working as a science communicator at EPFL. He also has his own YouTube channel Science4All (in French), with over 170k subscribers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 0367428156
• ISBN 13: 9780367428150
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 460