by Dana Mackenzie | May 17, 2018 | Book of Why, Books, Causation, Events
Tuesday, May 15, was an unforgettable day for me: the launch date for The Book of Why, the book I have been working on with Judea Pearl for the last three years. I’ve never been lucky enough to see a baby born, but I think that the “birth” of a book...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 14, 2018 | Books
With the official publication date of The Book of Why one day away, I kept wondering: What else can I do to make it a viral hit? Yesterday, the answer hit me. Just add kittens! Who can resist a book that has been endorsed by two out of three kittens? Archie and...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 9, 2018 | Books
Here is a chronological list of reviews of The Book of Why that I know about. Readers are invited to send me any that I have missed. New York Times, “The Book of Why” Examines the Science of Cause and Effect, 6/1/2018. This was our first serious, in-depth...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 8, 2018 | Articles, Books, Events
Publication date for The Book of Why is now just one week away! Here are some upcoming events and articles about our book. May 9: An interview of Judea will be published at Quanta. I will provide a link to the article as soon as it comes out. This is a...
by Dana Mackenzie | Mar 1, 2018 | Books
In honor of Women’s History Month, I would like to tell the story of one of the truly unsung heroes of The Book of Why: Barbara Stoddard Burks, who was to our knowledge the first social scientist ever to use a causal diagram. The early years of the 20th century...
