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- catalog abstract ""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. 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."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b10369684.
- catalog contributor b10369685.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""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. 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."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Forerunners -- Statistical inference -- Statistical theory -- Probability theory -- Government and economic statistics -- Applications in medicine and agriculture -- Applications in science and engineering.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 399 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Leading personalities in statistical sciences.".
- catalog identifier "0471163813 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Leading personalities in statistical sciences.".
- catalog isPartOf "Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics. Probability and mathematical statistics".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Wiley,".
- catalog relation "Leading personalities in statistical sciences.".
- catalog subject "510/.92/2 B 21".
- catalog subject "QA276.156 .L43 1997".
- catalog subject "Statisticians Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Forerunners -- Statistical inference -- Statistical theory -- Probability theory -- Government and economic statistics -- Applications in medicine and agriculture -- Applications in science and engineering.".
- catalog title "Leading personalities in statistical sciences : from the 17th century to the present / [edited by] Norman L. Johnson, Samuel Kotz.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".