The Lady Tasting Tea
How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century
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- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2002
Summary
An insightful, revealing history of the magical mathematics that transformed our world. The Lady Tasting Tea is not a book of dry facts and figures, but the history of great individuals who dared to look at the world in a new way.
At a summer tea party in Cambridge, England, a guest states that tea poured into milk tastes different from milk poured into tea. Her notion is shouted down by the scientific minds of the group. But one man, Ronald Fisher, proposes to scientifically test …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780805071344 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0805071342 |
| Author: | David Salsburg |
| Publisher: | Henry Holt & Company Inc |
| Imprint: | Holt Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2002 |
| Weight: | 334g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 141mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
“Highly readable and well-written. Give it to someone you want to delight.” –Alcan R. Feinstein, M.D., Sterling Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Yale University School of Medicine
“A fascinating description of the kinds of people who interacted, collaborated, disagreed, and were brilliant in the development of statistics.” –Barbara A. Bailar, National Opinion Research Center
About The Author
David Salsburg
David Salsburg is a former Senior Research Fellow at Pfizer, Inc., and currently works as a private consultant. He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association and received a lifetime achievement award from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing Association. The author of technical books and over fifty scientific articles, Salsburg has taught at Connecticut College, Harvard School of Public Health, Rhode Island College, Trinity College, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in New London, Connecticut.
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