Leading personalities in statistical sciences : from the 17th century to the present /
A fascinating chronicle of the lives and achievements of the men and women who helped shapethe science of statisticsThis handsomely illustrated volume will make enthralling reading for scientists, mathematicians, and science history buffs alike. Spanning nearly four centuries, it chronicles the live...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Wiley,
©1997.
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| Series: | Wiley series in probability and statistics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | A fascinating chronicle of the lives and achievements of the men and women who helped shapethe science of statisticsThis handsomely illustrated volume will make enthralling reading for scientists, mathematicians, and science history buffs alike. Spanning nearly four centuries, it chronicles the lives and achievements of more than 110 of the most prominent names in theoretical and applied statistics and probability. From Bernoulli to Markov, Poisson to Wiener, you will find intimate profiles of women and men whose work led to significant advances in the areas of statistical inference an. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 399 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118150726 1118150724 9781118150719 1118150716 1283282895 9781283282895 9786613282897 6613282898 |