The important book on how understanding causality has revolutionized science and the world, by the pioneer of artificial intelligence.

“Correlation does not imply causation.” This phrase has been invoked by scientists for decades to avoid taking positions on whether one thing causes another, such as smoking and cancer or carbon dioxide and climate change. However, today, this taboo has been broken. The causality revolution, sparked by the globally recognized computer scientist Judea Pearl and his collaborators, has dispelled a century of confusion and placed cause and effect on a solid scientific foundation.

Now, Pearl and science journalist Dana Mackenzie explain causal thinking to general readers for the first time, showing how it allows us to explore the world that is and the worlds that could have been. It is the essence of human and artificial intelligence. And just as Pearl's discoveries have enabled machines to think better, The Book of Why explains how we can think better as well.

Pearl's successes over the last 30 years have provided the theoretical basis for advances in artificial intelligence and have redefined the term “thinking machine.”

Pages: 432, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm