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The Making Of Statisticians
J. . Ed(S): Gani
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Paperback. Editor(s): Gani, J. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 427.
Like many other scientists, I have long been interested in history. I enjoy reading about the minutiae of its daily unfolding: the coinage, food, clothes, games, literature and habits which characterize a people. I am carried away by the broad sweep of its major events: the wars, famines, migrations, reforms, political swings and scientific advances which shape a society. I know that historians value autobiographical accounts as part of the basic material from which the stuff of history is distilled; this should apply no less to statistical than to political or social history. Modem statistics is a relatively young science; ... Read more
Like many other scientists, I have long been interested in history. I enjoy reading about the minutiae of its daily unfolding: the coinage, food, clothes, games, literature and habits which characterize a people. I am carried away by the broad sweep of its major events: the wars, famines, migrations, reforms, political swings and scientific advances which shape a society. I know that historians value autobiographical accounts as part of the basic material from which the stuff of history is distilled; this should apply no less to statistical than to political or social history. Modem statistics is a relatively young science; ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461381730
SKU
V9781461381730
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99-15
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