‘History, Stories, Not Examples’ Score: 3/5 If you want a book about the history and uses of Bayes’ Theorem, then this is for you. There’s less about the Theorem itself than I’d expected - for some reason I thought the book would open with an introduction to the Theorem, descriptions of the variables in the formulae, and some simple examples showing it working in practice. The Theorem is described, sortof,…
‘Cork Based Noir Thriller’ Score: 4/5 All Noelie wants to do is find out who stole is record collection back in the 80’s... OK, it’s a bit more complicated than that, and it swiftly becomes more complicated still. But it’s an interesting noir, all set with Cork as the interesting backdrop. Enjoyable.
‘More Moscow Watch Antics’ Score: 4/5 More japes with the Russian Watch. It’s another enjoyable romp, so if you liked the previous ones you’ll probably like this one too.
‘Interesting, Easy To Read’ Score: 4/5 I suppose I should have expected a book about UFO culture to come across as ‘UFO authors I have spoken to’. I guess everyone in UFO culture has a book to sell. I think I’d hoped for something as bizarre as ‘American Cosmic’ - I still don’t know what to make of that book. But…
‘Does Not Like Keynes’ Score: 3/5 An interesting look at bitcoin and it’s potential future. The main thing I took away from it was how much the author hates Keynes. I can understand someone not liking his ideas or his impact, but the ad-hominim attacks are pretty bad.
