Book of Why

Judea Pearl is a computer science professor at UCLA. He is the author of three books and has received various honors, including the Alan Turing Award. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Dana Mackenzie is a PhD mathematician turned science writer who has contributed to publications such as Science, New Scientist, and Scientific American. He currently resides in Santa Cruz, California.

"Correlation does not imply causality." This phrase, repeated by scientists for more than a century, has resulted in a virtual ban on causal discussion. That is no longer a taboo. The causal revolution, led by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, shattered a century of ambiguity and established causality (the study of cause and effect) on a firm scientific foundation. His work explains how we can tell if it was rain or a sprinkler that made a sidewalk wet, as well as how to answer difficult issues, such as whether a medicine healed an ailment. Pearl's study allows us to investigate not only whether one thing causes another, but also the worlds that could have been. It demonstrates the nature of human mind and is crucial to artificial intelligence. Anyone who wishes to comprehend either requires The Book of Why.

Author: Judea Pearl

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