{"product_id":"introduction-to-bayesian-scientific-computing-ten-lectures-on-subjective-computing-surveys-and-tutorials-in-the-applied-mathematical-sciences-0387733930","title":"Introduction to Bayesian Scientific Computing: Ten Lectures on Subjective Computing (Surveys and Tutorials in the Applied Mathematical Sciences)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0387733930\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Daniela Calvetti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book of nature, according to Galilei, is written in the language of mat- matics. The nature of mathematics is being exact, and its exactness is und- lined by the formalism used by mathematicians to write it. This formalism, characterized by theorems and proofs, and syncopated with occasional l- mas, remarks and corollaries, is so deeply ingrained that mathematicians feel uncomfortable when the pattern is broken, to the point of giving the - pression that the attitude of mathematicians towards the way mathematics should be written is almost moralistic. There is a de?nition often quoted, A mathematician is a person who proves theorems, and a similar, more alchemistic one, credited to Paul Erd? os, but more likely going back to Alfr ed R enyi,statingthatAmathematicianisamachinethattransformsco?eeinto 1 theorems . Therefore it seems to be the form, not the content, that char- terizes mathematics, similarly to what happens in any formal moralistic code wherein form takes precedence over content. This book is deliberately written in a very di?erent manner, without a single theorem or proof. Since morality has its subjective component, to pa- phrase Manuel Vasquez Montalban, we could call it Ten Immoral Mathemat- 2 ical Recipes . Does the lack of theorems and proofs mean that the book is more inaccurate than traditional books of mathematics? Or is it possibly just a sign of lack of co?ee? This is our ?rst open question. Exactness is an interesting concept.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51823830401312,"sku":"NEW0387733930","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61Nb3mDdWhL.jpg?v=1781203558","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/introduction-to-bayesian-scientific-computing-ten-lectures-on-subjective-computing-surveys-and-tutorials-in-the-applied-mathematical-sciences-0387733930","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}