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Great question -- it is on my list of ideas for a future article!

That's true. I have the good fortune to work at a college (Olin College) that recognizes that my work developing textbooks is aligned with the mission of the institution, and can h…

I understand that "just write a book" might come off as glib, especially for profs who teach 3+ classes per semester. So I don't mean that everyone has to, or should, but 1. Writin…

This is very similar to my method. The first time I teach a class, I draft some notes. After the class, I fix the problems, or at least flag them for next time. The second time thr…

Working on it :) Maybe next year.

Hi All, Thanks for your interest in this book! It is a very rough draft, but I welcome comments and suggestions. The code examples are not quite ready for prime time, but I will re…

Fixed. Thanks!

And... it's gone! I re-read the chapter and decided that example was doing nothing except confusing half the audience and antagonizing the other half.

Ignore the haters -- Think Bayes is going to be awesome! Just kidding (mostly), but your point is correct: there is no book that is right for all audiences. But if you can program,…

I need to write a preface to answer this question, but the most important prereq is Python programming. The premise of the series is that if you can program (in any language) you c…

I am coming around to the conclusion that this example is more trouble than it's worth. I think it's kind of fun, but it does seem to annoy people. This kind of feedback is exactly…

Yes, that's exactly what the objective of this book is! I am not using computation out of necessity, but rather because I think it provides leverage for understanding the concepts,…