Statistics have helped shape every area of science. Without the means to analyze critical data, none of the great disoveries of the past would be possible. This paperback reprint of a Wiley bestseller shows the development of these data analysis tools and the manner in which they aided technological development prior to 1750. Series: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. Num Pages: 586 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 848. . 2003. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: History of Probability and Statistics and Their Applications Before 1750
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Publication Date: 2003
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0471471291
ISBN 13: 9780471471295
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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WILEY-INTERSCIENCE PAPERBACK SERIES

The Wiley-Interscience Paperback Series consists of selected books that have been made more accessible to consumers in an effort to increase global appeal and general circulation. With these new unabridged softcover volumes, Wiley hopes to extend the lives of these works by making them available to future generations of statisticians, mathematicians, and scientists.

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"This is a marvelous book . . . Anyone with the slightest interest in the history of statistics, or in understanding how modern ideas have developed, will find this an invaluable resource."
–Short Book Reviews of ISI

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Anders Hald was formerly a Professor of Statistics at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

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