Karl Pearson : the scientific life in a statistical age. /Theodore M. Porter.

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Porter, Theodore M

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Theodore M. Porter

Material type: Text

TextPublisher number: : Zafaa Books & Distributors | :313/56F,49A, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi- 110035Publication details: , Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press , 2006.Description: viii, 342 pages : illustrations : 26cmISBN:

9780691126357

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519.50 POR

Summary: Karl Pearson, founder of modern statistics, came to this field by way of passionate early studies of philosophy and cultural history as well as ether physics and graphical geometry. His faith in science grew out of a deeply moral quest, reflected also in his socialism and his efforts to find a new basis for relations between men and women. This biography recounts Pearson's extraordinary intellectual adventure and sheds new light on the inner life of science.

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Karl Pearson, founder of modern statistics, came to this field by way of passionate early studies of philosophy and cultural history as well as ether physics and graphical geometry. His faith in science grew out of a deeply moral quest, reflected also in his socialism and his efforts to find a new basis for relations between men and women. This biography recounts Pearson's extraordinary intellectual adventure and sheds new light on the inner life of science.

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