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Stories of the Unplanned Impact of Mathematics: Bayes’ Theorem meets Cyberspace

Thomas Bayes was born in either 1701 or 1702. He died in 1761. A wit has noted that “Bayes’s posterior is better known than his prior.” He was born in London and, from 1719 to about 1722, was a student at the University of Edinburgh. He was ordained as a minister, and ministered in London and Tu...

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Main Author: Oxley, A.
Format: Non-Citation Index Journal
Published: 2013
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spelling my.utp.eprints.109982014-01-02T00:47:34Z Stories of the Unplanned Impact of Mathematics: Bayes’ Theorem meets Cyberspace Oxley, A. QA Mathematics Thomas Bayes was born in either 1701 or 1702. He died in 1761. A wit has noted that “Bayes’s posterior is better known than his prior.” He was born in London and, from 1719 to about 1722, was a student at the University of Edinburgh. He was ordained as a minister, and ministered in London and Tunbridge Wells. Unfortunately, Bayes was said to have been a poor preacher, however he excelled at mathematics. During his life he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He died in Tunbridge Wells and is buried in Bunhill Fields, London. 2013-12 Non-Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed Oxley, A. (2013) Stories of the Unplanned Impact of Mathematics: Bayes’ Theorem meets Cyberspace. [Non-Citation Index Journal] http://eprints.utp.edu.my/10998/
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Oxley, A.
Stories of the Unplanned Impact of Mathematics: Bayes’ Theorem meets Cyberspace
description Thomas Bayes was born in either 1701 or 1702. He died in 1761. A wit has noted that “Bayes’s posterior is better known than his prior.” He was born in London and, from 1719 to about 1722, was a student at the University of Edinburgh. He was ordained as a minister, and ministered in London and Tunbridge Wells. Unfortunately, Bayes was said to have been a poor preacher, however he excelled at mathematics. During his life he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He died in Tunbridge Wells and is buried in Bunhill Fields, London.
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