Jaynes' book, Probability Theory: The Logic of Science (2003) gathers various threads of modern thinking about Bayesian probability and statistical inference, develops the notion of probability theory as extended logic, and contrasts the advantages of Bayesian techniques with the results of other approaches. This book, which he dedicated to Harold Jeffreys, was published posthumously in 2003 (from an incomplete manuscript that was edited by Larry Bretthorst).
Edwin Thompson Jaynes. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science. Cambridge University Press, (2003). ISBN0-521-59271-2.
Early (1994) version (fragmentary) of Probability Theory: The Logic of Science. Book no longer downloadable for copyright reasons.
A comprehensive web page on E. T. Jaynes's life and work.
ET Jaynes' obituary at Washington University
http://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/articles/entropy.concentration.pdf Jaynes' analysis of Rudolph Wolf's dice data
April 15, 2024
edwin, thompson, jaynes, july, 1922, april, 1998, wayman, crow, distinguished, professor, physics, washington, university, louis, wrote, extensively, statistical, mechanics, foundations, probability, statistical, inference, initiating, 1957, maximum, entropy, . Edwin Thompson Jaynes July 5 1922 April 30 1 1998 was the Wayman Crow Distinguished Professor of Physics at Washington University in St Louis He wrote extensively on statistical mechanics and on foundations of probability and statistical inference initiating in 1957 the maximum entropy interpretation of thermodynamics 2 3 as being a particular application of more general Bayesian information theory techniques although he argued this was already implicit in the works of Josiah Willard Gibbs Jaynes strongly promoted the interpretation of probability theory as an extension of logic E T JaynesEdwin Thompson Jaynes circa 1960 Born 1922 07 05 July 5 1922Waterloo IowaDiedApril 30 1998 1998 04 30 aged 75 St Louis MissouriEducationCornell CollegePrinceton UniversityKnown forMaximum entropy thermodynamicsBayesian theoryJaynes Cummings modelScientific careerFieldsPhysicistInstitutionsWashington University in St LouisThesisAn electronic theory of ferroelectricity 1948 Doctoral advisorEugene WignerJaynes around 1982In 1963 together with Fred Cummings he modeled the evolution of a two level atom in an electromagnetic field in a fully quantized way This model is known as the Jaynes Cummings model A particular focus of his work was the construction of logical principles for assigning prior probability distributions see the principle of maximum entropy the principle of maximum caliber the principle of transformation groups 4 5 and Laplace s principle of indifference Other contributions include the mind projection fallacy Jaynes book Probability Theory The Logic of Science 2003 gathers various threads of modern thinking about Bayesian probability and statistical inference develops the notion of probability theory as extended logic and contrasts the advantages of Bayesian techniques with the results of other approaches This book which he dedicated to Harold Jeffreys was published posthumously in 2003 from an incomplete manuscript that was edited by Larry Bretthorst See also editDifferential entropy Limiting density of discrete pointsReferences edit Clark J W Norberg R E Bretthorst G L January 2000 Edwin Thompson Jaynes Physics Today 53 1 71 Bibcode 2000PhT 53a 71 doi 10 1063 1 882948 Archived from the original on 2007 08 06 Jaynes E T 1957 Information theory and statistical mechanics PDF Physical Review 106 4 620 630 Bibcode 1957PhRv 106 620J doi 10 1103 PhysRev 106 620 S2CID 17870175 1957 Information theory and statistical mechanics II PDF Physical Review 108 2 171 190 Bibcode 1957PhRv 108 171J doi 10 1103 PhysRev 108 171 September 1968 Prior Probabilities PDF IEEE Transactions on Systems Science and Cybernetics 4 3 227 241 doi 10 1109 TSSC 1968 300117 December 1973 The Well Posed Problem PDF Found Phys 3 4 477 492 Bibcode 1973FoPh 3 477J doi 10 1007 BF00709116 S2CID 2380040 External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Edwin Thompson Jaynes Edwin Thompson Jaynes at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Edwin Thompson Jaynes Probability Theory The Logic of Science Cambridge University Press 2003 ISBN 0 521 59271 2 Early 1994 version fragmentary of Probability Theory The Logic of Science Book no longer downloadable for copyright reasons A comprehensive web page on E T Jaynes s life and work ET Jaynes obituary at Washington University http bayes wustl edu etj articles entropy concentration pdf Jaynes analysis of Rudolph Wolf s dice data Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edwin Thompson Jaynes amp oldid 1203913036, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
