A History of Mathematical Statistics from 1750 to 1930 - Rilegato

Hald, Anders

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ISBN 10: 0471179124 ISBN 13: 9780471179122

Casa editrice: Wiley-Interscience, 1998

Riassunto

The long-awaited second volume of Anders Hald's history of the development of mathematical statistics.
Anders Hald's A History of Probability and Statistics and Their Applications before 1750 is already considered a classic by many mathematicians and historians. This new volume picks up where its predecessor left off, describing the contemporaneous development and interaction of four topics: direct probability theory and sampling distributions; inverse probability by Bayes and Laplace; the method of least squares and the central limit theorem; and selected topics in estimation theory after 1830.
In this rich and detailed work, Hald carefully traces the history of parametric statistical inference, the development of the corresponding mathematical methods, and some typical applications. Not surprisingly, the ideas, concepts, methods, and results of Laplace, Gauss, and Fisher dominate his account. In particular, Hald analyzes the work and interactions of Laplace and Gauss and describes their contributions to modern theory. Hald also offers a great deal of new material on the history of the period and enhances our understanding of both the controversies and continuities that developed between the different schools. To enable readers to compare the contributions of various historical figures, Professor Hald has rewritten the original papers in a uniform modern terminology and notation, while leaving the ideas unchanged.
Statisticians, probabilists, actuaries, mathematicians, historians of science, and advanced students will find absorbing reading in the author's insightful description of important problems and how they gradually moved toward solution.

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Recensione:

"This book is a great asset to all statisticians...an educational, insightful, and quite enjoyable book." (Chance, April–June 2002)

L'autore:

ANDERS HALD, now retired, was Professor of Statistics at the University of Copenhagen from 1948 to 1982. His previous books include A History of Probability and Statistics and Their Applications before 1750, the companion volume to this history. He is an honorary Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society of London, the Danish Statistical Society, and the Danish Society for Industrial Quality Control. 18 02 The long-awaited second volume of Anders Hald's history of the development of mathematical statistics.

Anders Hald's A History of Probability and Statistics and Their Applications before 1750 is already considered a classic by many mathematicians and historians. This new volume picks up where its predecessor left off, describing the contemporaneous development and interaction of four topics: direct probability theory and sampling distributions; inverse probability by Bayes and Laplace; the method of least squares and the central limit theorem; and selected topics in estimation theory after 1830.

In this rich and detailed work, Hald carefully traces the history of parametric statistical inference, the development of the corresponding mathematical methods, and some typical applications. Not surprisingly, the ideas, concepts, methods, and results of Laplace, Gauss, and Fisher dominate his account. In particular, Hald analyzes the work and interactions of Laplace and Gauss and describes their contributions to modern theory. Hald also offers a great deal of new material on the history of the period and enhances our understanding of both the controversies and continuities that developed between the different schools. To enable readers to compare the contributions of various historical figures, Professor Hald has rewritten the original papers in a uniform modern terminology and notation, while leaving the ideas unchanged.

Statisticians, probabilists, actuaries, mathematicians, historians of science, and advanced students will find absorbing reading in the author's insightful description of important problems and how they gradually moved toward solution.

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• Editore: Wiley-Interscience
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0471179124
• ISBN 13: 9780471179122
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 795