E. T. Jaynes Books

Edwin Thompson Jaynes was a distinguished professor of physics who focused on statistical mechanics and the foundations of probability and statistical inference. His work explored logical principles for assigning prior probability distributions and developed the notion of probability theory as an extension of logic. A posthumously published book synthesizes modern thinking on Bayesian probability and statistical inference, highlighting the advantages of Bayesian techniques and contrasting them with other approaches.

Probability Theory
The Logic of Science
753 pages
27 hours of reading
Going beyond the conventional mathematics of probability theory, this study views the subject in a wider context. It discusses new results, along with applications of probability theory to a variety of problems. The book contains many exercises and is suitable for use as a textbook on graduate-level courses involving data analysis. Aimed at readers already familiar with applied mathematics at an advanced undergraduate level or higher, it is of interest to scientists concerned with inference from incomplete information.

Probability Theory