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Re:How to become a Bayesian in eight easy steps: An annotate... by arcanus on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @07:35PM (#15032313)
I highly recommend, 'The theory that would not die' as a highly entertaining account of the history of Bayesian statistics.

It is not a technical text on the subject, but it provides some of the high level reasoning as well as several of the most important stories of success over many years.

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Re:How to become a Bayesian in eight easy steps: An annotate... by MR4D on Thursday August 17, 2017 @10:29AM (#15037079)
Amazon link in case anyone is interested in that book:

https://www.amazon.com/Theory-That-Would-Not-Die/dp/03001882...

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