Reminiscences of a Statistician: The Company I Kept | 
 enlarge | Author: Erich Lehmann
Publisher: Springer
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 316
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0387715967
Dewey Decimal Number: 519.509
EAN: 9780387715964
Publication Date: November 26, 2007
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This relatively nontechnical book is the first account of the history of statistics from the Fisher revolution to the computer revolution. It sketches the careers, and highlights of some of the work, of 65 people, most of them statisticians. What gives the book its special character is its emphasis on the author's interaction with these people and the inclusion of many personal anecdotes. Combined, these portraits provide a panoramic view of statistics during the period in question. Included are discussions of such topics as nonparametrics, Bayesian approaches, and data analysis. The stress is on ideas and technical material is held to a minimum. Thus the book is accessible to anyone with at least an elementary background in statistics.
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A history of statistics in America from someone who was there April 7, 2008
Howard Wainer (Philadelphia, PA)
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Statistics is a relatively new science, with most of its development during the 20th century.
It really got rolling in the US when Jerzy Neyman came to Berkeley and initiated its storied department. His first student was Erich Lehmann, a Jewish refugee from Hitler's Germany. Lehmann is the author of four of the most influential books in mathematical statistics and in the course of his long and illustrious career has known virtually all of the major figures of 20th century statistics. Now, in his 91st year, Lehmann has published a warm and charming memoire describing his life's work as it intersected with scores of other statisticians.
This book is a real page turner that helps to place the formal statistical work of the 20th century into a context and can serve as an update to Stigler's "History of Statistics before 1900" until someone writes a formal "History of Statistics from 1900-2000."
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