Statistics on the Table
Author | : Stephen M. Stigler |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2002-09-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 0674009797 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780674009790 |
Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Statistics on the Table by : Stephen M. Stigler
Download or read book Statistics on the Table written by Stephen M. Stigler and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2002-09-30 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively collection of essays examines statistical ideas with an ironic eye for their essence and what their history can tell us for current disputes. The topics range from 17th-century medicine and the circulation of blood, to the cause of the Great Depression, to the determinations of the shape of the Earth and the speed of light.