Book ID: CBB000201449

Thiele: Pioneer in Statistics (2002)

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Lauritzen, Steffen L. (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: 288 pp.
Language: English

Description On 19th-century Danish astronomer T. N. Thiele, whose contributions ranged from statistics to actuarial science to astronomy and mathematics. Contains first English translations of Thiele's main work in statistics.


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Review Stamhuis, Ida H. (2004) Review of "Thiele: Pioneer in Statistics". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 183). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sheynin, Oscar B.
Bru, Bernard
Xu, Chuansheng
Wang, Youjun
Seneta, Eugene
Seising, Rudolf
Concepts
Probability and statistics
Mathematics
Biographies
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Calculus
Probabilism (philosophy)
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
England
Russia
France
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Institutions
École Polytechnique, Paris
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