Book ID: CBB000501324

Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age (2004)

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Porter, Theodore M. (Author)


Princeton University Press


Publication Date: 2004
Physical Details: viii + 342 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Levine, George (2004) Review of "Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 734). unapi

Review Marie, Jenny (2005) Review of "Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age". Journal of the History of Biology (p. 157). unapi

Review Turner, Frank M. (2005) Review of "Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age". American Historical Review (p. 872). unapi

Review Tabery, James (2007) Review of "Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 143). unapi

Review Magnello, M. Eileen (2006) Review of "Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 619). unapi

Review James, Frank A. J. L. (2007) Review of "Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age". Victorian Studies (p. 360). unapi

Review Laubichler, Manfred D. (2004) Review of "Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age". Science. unapi

Review Sheynin, Oscar (2006) Review of "Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age". Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan (p. 206). unapi

Review Bales, Ellen (2004) Review of "Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age". Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences (p. 171). unapi

Essay Review David, Herbert A. (2009) [Essay review]. International Statistical Review (pp. 30-39). unapi

Review Lee, Peter M. (2005) Review of "Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age". Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (p. 92). unapi

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Article David, Herbert A. (2009) Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age by Theodore M. Porter: A Review. International Statistical Review (p. 30). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Pence, Charles H.
Aldrich, John
Murray, Lori L.
Zhang, Feng
Wynn, James
White, John
Journals
Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Statistical Science
Science and Education
Publishers
University of Maryland, College Park
Trafford Publishing
Routledge
Oxford University Press
F. Steiner
Concepts
Probability and statistics
Mathematics
Biographies
Mendelism
Genetics
Science and government
People
Pearson, Karl
Galton, Francis
Weldon, Walter Frank Raphael
Mendel, Gregor Johann
Darwin, Charles Robert
Bateson, William
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
17th century
Places
Great Britain
England
United States
France
Australia
Institutions
Statistical Society of London
Royal Statistical Society
Royal Society of London
France. Statistique générale
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