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cover of episode Bayes: the clergyman whose maths changed the world

Bayes: the clergyman whose maths changed the world

2021/5/2
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More or Less: Behind the Stats

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Bayes’ Rule has been used in AI, genetic studies, translating foreign languages and even cracking the Enigma Code in the Second World War. We find out about Thomas Bayes - the 18th century English statistician and clergyman whose work was largely forgotten until the 20th century.