This book contains a history of real and complex analysis in the nineteenth century, from the work of Lagrange and Fourier to the origins of set theory and the modern foundations of analysis. It studies the works of many contributors including Gauss, Cauchy, Riemann, and Weierst…
Portraits by Ingres: image of an epoch
by Tinterow, Gary, Conisbee, Philip, Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique, Maler, Zeichner, Frankreich, Naef, Hans, Kunsthistoriker, Schweiz, Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique, Painter, Drawer, France, Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique, Peintre, Dessinateur, France, National Gallery (London)
Marx and Lincoln: an unfinished revolution
by Blackburn, Robin, Lincoln, Abraham, Politiker, USA, Marx, Karl, Theoretiker des Sozialismus, Lincoln, Abraham, Politician, USA, Lincoln, Abraham, Homme politique, Etats-Unis, Marx, Karl, Théoricien du socialisme, Marx, Karl, Theoretician of Socialism
"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…