I'm currently studying in a generalized linear models course and I bought Nelder because I thought it was a "classic" in the field, which it may be, but it is not providing me with what I'm looking for.
Specifically, I'm looking for a first principles exposition into statistical modelling.
This means that the topic of exponential families are not DEFINED, rather, they should be DERIVED.
What resource will provide a deep, first principles, understanding in GLMs and more?