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Ten Great Ideas About Chance
by Persi Diaconis and Brian Skyrms
Ten conceptual breakthroughs from Pascal to Bayes to randomness, by a magician-statistician and a philosopher. Demanding and rewarding.
Read it if…
you want probability's deep ideas, not tricks.
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Skip it if…
you want an easy read.
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Three things you will actually use
- Chance can be measured.
- Bayes updates.
- Randomness is hard to define.
Do this first
Read the chapter on judgment.
Our verdict
Diaconis and Skyrms.
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