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Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age.
by Porter, Theodore M
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0691126356
- ISBN 13
- 9780691126357
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. 1st p/b, reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures, few black & white text-photos, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 342 pp. This is a biography by Theodore Porter, of Karl Pearson, the British founder of modern statistics. Pearson's 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 impressive and detailed biography looks at Pearson's intellectual adventure and sheds new light on the inner life of science.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41266
- Title
- Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age.
- Author
- Porter, Theodore M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st p/b, reprint ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0691126356
- ISBN 13
- 9780691126357
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- biography, history, science, research, statistics, statisticians, britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS;
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Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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