The Book of Why

book by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie
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The Book of Why

Summary

The Book of Why is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Book of Why authored Judea Pearl[3].
  • The Book of Why authored Dana Mackenzie[4].
  • The Book of Why's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Book of Why's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • The Book of Why's publication date is recorded as +2019-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • The Book of Why's Open Library ID is recorded as OL17872278W[8].
  • The Book of Why's has edition or translation is recorded as Q132931725[9].
  • The Book of Why's main subject is recorded as causality[10].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as Insanely Complicated, Hopelessly Inadequate[11].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as Book Reviews[12].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as Potential Outcome and Directed Acyclic Graph Approaches to Causality: Relevance for Empirical Practice in Economics[13].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as Mega‐Review: Causality Books Causal Analytics for Applied Risk Analysis by Louis AnthonyCox, Jr., Douglas A.Popken, and Richard X.Sun. Springer, International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Vol. 270, 2018, $229, xxii+588. The B[14].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as Book Reviews[15].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as The book of why by Judea Pearl, pp. 419, $32 (hard), ISBN 978-0-46509-760-9, Basic Books (2018)[16].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as Fast and Slow Causal Inference Thinking: A Meta-Review of The Book of Why[17].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie Basic Books, 2018. 429 pp[18].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as The Book of Why[19].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as [1909.13485] The Book of Why: Review[20].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as Book review[21].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as Q119855016[22].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as Pearl before economists: the book of why and empirical economics[23].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect[24].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect[25].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as Reviews[26].
  • The Book of Why's described by source is recorded as Review: ‘The Book of Why’ Examines the Science of Cause and Effect[27].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include Judea Pearl[3], a computer scientist[28], b. 1936[29], of United States[30], awarded the Turing Award[31], specialised in computer science[32] and Dana Mackenzie[4], a writer[33], specialised in mathematics[34].

Why It Matters

The Book of Why ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[2]

References

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  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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