The Theory That Would Not Die, by McGrayne was fun, about the history of Bayesian statistics. Also not exactly what was asked, but so good: James Gleick’s ”Inf

The Theory That Would Not Die, by McGrayne was fun, about the history of Bayesian statistics. Also not exactly what was asked, but so good: James Gleick’s ”Information”. It is about the history of information theory or how to statistically argue about information. Really starts from the beginning, eg. how some tribes used drums to talk to each other over kilometers away.