Edwin Thompson Jaynes

A particular focus of his work was the construction of logical principles for assigning prior probability distributions, see the principle of maximum entropy and Laplace's principle of indifference[?].

His last book Probability Theory: The Logic of Science gathers together multiple threads of modern thinking regarding Bayesian probability and statistical inference, tying them into a powerful and coherent whole.

He also illuminates the inconsistencies, inefficiencies and limitations of other techniques, but builds his argument on comparison of results, side-stepping the rhetoric that has mired such discussion in the past.

External links

• Edwin Thompson Jaynes. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science. (http://titles.cambridge.org/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521592712) Cambridge University Press, (2003).

• A small biographical article is available here (http://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/etj).

• Many articles by E. T. Jaynes are available here (http://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/node1).