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I didn’t understand probability, until I read E T Jaynes Probability Theory: Logic of Science

It defines the base blocks of probability very, very slow. And never hand-waves anything. But it’s the “bayesian” view of probability; but it’s honestly the easier one to understand.

https://www.amazon.com/Probability-Theory-Science-T-Jaynes/d...

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What is the prerequisite to read this book?

It is quite math heavy, but I guess you can skip the proofs.

You can see the book for free, I think it’s scanned online, it’s from mid-20th century I think

There are no real prerequisites. In fact, in the introduction, Jaynes suggests that readers might be better off not having any previous introduction to statistics.

That being said, there is an assumed level of general mathematical sophistication to the presentation.

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