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Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok. Sharon Bertsch McGrayne here explores this controversial theorem and the human obsessions surrounding it.

According to Winston Churchill, Alan Turing made the single biggest contribution to the Allied victory over Nazi Germany with his code-breaking machine. The world is also indebted to Turing's genius for the modern computer. It was clear that Turing had a remarkable mind from an early age. He taught himself to read in just three weeks. At his first school, the headmistress said, "I have had clever and hardworking boys, but Alan has genius."

Benvenuti su L'Enigma, il podcast che esplora i misteri più affascinanti della matematica, lì dove i numeri smettono di essere calcoli e diventano filosofia, ossessione e bellezza. Dalle antiche lettere di Eulero alla potenza dei moderni supercomputer, analizziamo le congetture che hanno sfidato i geni più brillanti della storia. Ogni episodio è un viaggio tra logica pura e dramma umano, per scoprire cosa si nasconde dietro l'ordine apparente dell'universo. Unisciti a noi per decifrare l'indecifrabile."