Reminiscences of a Statistician: The Company I Kept

Reminiscences of a Statistician: The Company I Kept
ISBN-10
0387715975
ISBN-13
9780387715971
Category
Mathematics
Pages
316
Language
English
Published
2007-12-26
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Author
Erich L. Lehmann

Description

This relatively nontechnical book is the first account of the history of statistics from the Fisher revolution to the computer revolution. It sketches the careers, and highlights some of the work, of 65 people, most of them statisticians. What gives the book its special character is its emphasis on the author's interaction with these people and the inclusion of many personal anecdotes. Combined, these portraits provide an amazing fly-on-the-wall view of statistics during the period in question. The stress is on ideas and technical material is held to a minimum. Thus the book is accessible to anyone with at least an elementary background in statistics.

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