E.T. Jaynes – Reviews of his books

(Compiled by Arnold Baise, updated February 2022)   

Probability Theory: The Logic of Science   (Published 2003)

1.  Science, September 5, 2003, pages 1329-1330.  Reviewed by Andrew H. Jaffe.

https://web.archive.org/web/20060521031228/http://astro.imperial.ac.uk:80/~jaffe/articles/Jaynes_science.pdf

2.  SIAM News, 37(2), 2004.  Reviewed by Terrence L. Fine. 

http://archive.siam.org/pdf/news/86.pdf

3.  SIAM News, 37(2), 2004.  Reviewed by Persi Diaconis.

https://web.archive.org/web/20161228164928/http://www.siam.org/news/news.php?id=81

4.  Law, Probability and Risk, 3, 243-246 (2004).  Reviewed by Anthony J. M. Garrett.

http://lpr.oxfordjournals.org/content/3/3-4/243.full.pdf

5.  Online review by Tommaso Toffoli:

http://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0410411v1.pdf

     An abridged version of this review can be found in:

American Scientist, 92(2), 182-185 (2004).

http://web.archive.org/web/20110611210408/http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/honesty-in-inference

     A letter from a reader concerning this review can be seen at:

http://web.archive.org/web/20081120115322/http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/a-letter-regarding-tommaso-toffolis-review-of-probability-theory-the-logic-of-science

6.  Physics Today, 57(10), 76-77 (2004).  Reviewed by Ralph Baierlein.

http://www.etjaynesinfo.com/BaierleinPhysicsTodayReview.pdf

7.  Foundations of Physics, 34(3), 533-536 (2004).  Reviewed by W. T. Grandy, Jr.

http://www.etjaynesinfo.com/GrandyReview.pdf

8.  Mathematical Intelligencer, 27(2), 83-85 (2005).  Reviewed by James Franklin.

http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/jaynesrev.pdf

9.  Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 53(1), 33-42 (2006). 

     Reviewed by William G. Faris.

http://www.ams.org/notices/200601/rev-faris.pdf

E.T. Jaynes: Papers on Probability, Statistics and Statistical Physics

    (Edited by R.D. Rosenkrantz, published 1983)

1.  Foundations of Physics, 14(2), 187-191 (1984).  Reviewed by David Hestenes.

http://geocalc.clas.asu.edu/pdf/JaynesBKReview.pdf

2.  American Journal of Physics, 52(2), 190-191 (1984).  Reviewed by Ralph Baierlein.

http://www.etjaynesinfo.com/BaierleinAJPReview.pdf

3.  British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 36(2), 193-210 (1985).

     Reviewed by D.A. Lavis and P.J. Milligan.

http://www.etjaynesinfo.com/Lavis&MilliganReview.pdf

4.  Journal of the American Statistical Association, 80, 771-772 (1985).

     Reviewed by Carlos C. Rodriguez.

http://www.etjaynesinfo.com/RodriguezReview.pdf

5.  Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series D, 39(1), 90-91 (1990).

     Reviewed by B.D. Ripley.

http://www.etjaynesinfo.com/RipleyReview.pdf