Leading personalities in statistical sciences : from the seventeenth century to the present
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QA276.156 .L43 1997
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QA276.156 .L43 1997
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| General Shelving - 3rd Floor | QA276.156 .L43 1997 | On Shelf |
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xxiii, 399 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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This 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 and theory, probability theory, government and economic statistics, medical and agricultural statistics, and science and engineering.
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To help readers arrive at a fuller appreciation of the contributions these pioneers made, the authors vividly re-create the times in which they lived while exploring the major intellectual currents that shaped their thinking and propelled their discoveries.
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Current Copyright Fee: GBP32.00,0.,Uk
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Johnson, N. L., & Kotz, S. (1997). Leading personalities in statistical sciences: from the seventeenth century to the present . Wiley.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Norman Lloyd and Samuel. Kotz. 1997. Leading Personalities in Statistical Sciences: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present. New York: Wiley.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Norman Lloyd and Samuel. Kotz. Leading Personalities in Statistical Sciences: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present New York: Wiley, 1997.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Johnson, N. L. and Kotz, S. (1997). Leading personalities in statistical sciences: from the seventeenth century to the present. New York: Wiley.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Norman Lloyd., and Samuel Kotz. Leading Personalities in Statistical Sciences: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present Wiley, 1997.
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