Bayes: the clergyman whose maths changed the world

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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)