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The Book of Why
The New Science of Cause and Effect
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With the help of popular-science writer Dana Mackenzie, the brilliant Judea Pearl attempts to convey complex mathematical concepts to ordinary people. For nearly everyone, much of the explanation will raise as many questions as answers. Yet, most of Pearl’s ideas come through quite clearly. In these cases, the average reader will enjoy an entertaining romp through correlation and causation and come away with a better sense of how to get to the “why” of things. Readers well-versed in postgraduate mathematics and statistics will undoubtedly gain much more.
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About the Authors
Judea Pearl, PhD, is a UCLA computer science professor, the winner of the 2011 ACM Turing Award and one of the most respected AI scientists in the world. Dana Mackenzie, PhD, is a mathematician turned science writer who has written for Science, New Scientist, Scientific American, Smithsonian, Nautilus and Discover.
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