Three perspectives worth mentioning this morning. 1) Mysterious disappearances were once the norm. A reader who runs a tech firm writes: It's interesting to remember that this sort of mysterious ...

How can Bayes' theorem assign a probability to the existence of God? Chris Wiggins, an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University, offers this explanation: In the 18th century ...

Thomas Bayes, an 18th-century clergyman, is not well known outside the realms of academia but his name is attached to a theorem with important applications in the modern world. Did you know with a ...

The statistician Thomas Bayes lived in the 18th century, not the 16th as wrongly stated in an article on December 1 ...

Sir John Cass was a major figure in the early development of the slave-trade and the Atlantic slave-economy, directly dealing with slave-agents in the African forts and in the Caribbean. (Photo by ...

An 18th century clergyman whose mathematical legacy helps take some of the guesswork out of betting is being celebrated with a series of events at the University of Edinburgh. The Reverend Thomas ...

Three perspectives worth mentioning this morning. 1) Mysterious disappearances were once the norm. A reader who runs a tech firm writes: It's interesting to remember that this sort of mysterious ...

An 18th century clergyman whose mathematical legacy helps take some of the guesswork out of betting is being celebrated with a series of events at the University of Edinburgh. The Reverend Thomas ...

THOMAS Bayes was an Edinburgh University graduate who studied logic and theology in the Capital from 1719 to 1722. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...