Edwin T. Jaynes was one of the first people to realize that probability theory, as originated by Laplace, is a generalization of Aristotelian logic that reduces to deductive logic in the special case that our hypotheses are either true or false.

E. T. Jaynes: Jaynes' book on probability theory is now in its second printing. Jaynes' book is available from Amazon here in the US and from Amazon in the UK.

We have a selection of Dr. Jaynes' articles, and the first three chapters from Jaynes' book on probability theory are now online as a pdf file or as a postscript file. A typed publication quality version of his unpublished book titled "Probability Theory, With Applications in Science and Engineering" that was being prepared for publication in the mid 1970's is available. Additionally, a copy of his music book, a selection of his unpublished, works, a selection of his book reviews, and a tribute to him are still available online. Finally, the Washington University Library has posted a copy of Jaynes' obituary that was published in Physics Today.

Content Provided By:
Larry Bretthorst
Dept. Of Chemistry and Radiology
Washington University