{"product_id":"the-book-of-why-judea-pearl-9781541608986","title":"The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \"extraordinary\" (\u003ci\u003eScience Friday\u003c\/i\u003e), \"illuminating\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) argument for how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intelligence \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Correlation is not causation.\" This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, once led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, with causal analysis taking center stage in AI and other applications, the old taboos are a thing of the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The causal revolution, instigated by Judea Pearl and others, established causality on a firm scientific basis. Pearl showed how intuitive models can interface with data to help answer causal questions, such as whether a drug will cure an illness or, counterfactually, whether an illness would have persisted absent the drug. These models provide a blueprint for causal AI to learn and take responsibility for its mistakes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Updated with a new introduction and summary of recent advances, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Why\u003c\/i\u003e outlines the basics of cause and effect for lay readers and scientists alike, providing tools to explore the observable world and worlds that might have been.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judea Pearl,Dana MacKenzie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541608984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541608986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.01d","brand":"Judea Pearl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450458124543,"sku":"9781541608986","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a52bdb87-24f5-4873-8986-3560446a799d.jpg?v=1777267877","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-book-of-why-judea-pearl-9781541608986","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}