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Allen Downey

Professor Emeritus Olin College

Allen Downey is a professor emeritus at Olin College and the author of Think Python, Think Bayes, and other books about programming and data science. His most recent book, Probably Overthinking It, shows how we can use data to answer questions and make better decisions under uncertainty.

He holds a PhD in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, and bachelor's and master’s degrees from MIT.