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Bayes: the clergyman whose maths changed the world

How an obscure theory came into fashion.

Bayes’ Rule has been used in AI, genetic studies, translating foreign languages and even cracking the Enigma Code in the Second World War. We find out about Thomas Bayes - the 18th century English statistician and clergyman whose work was largely forgotten until the 20th century.

(German Wehrmacht Enigma machine used during WW2. Arterra/Getty Images)

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Mon 3 May 202109:50GMT
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