Review The Rise of Statistical Thinking avoids technicalities and concentrates on the flow of ideas between the natural and social sciences. It emphasizes the philosophical issues raised by novel statistical methods, and how they affected the subject's development. Book Description "An outstanding feature of Mr. Porter's book is its depiction of the interrelationships between s...(展开全部)

Review The Rise of Statistical Thinking avoids technicalities and concentrates on the flow of ideas between the natural and social sciences. It emphasizes the philosophical issues raised by novel statistical methods, and how they affected the subject's development. Book Description "An outstanding feature of Mr. Porter's book is its depiction of the interrelationships between s...(展开全部)

The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820–1900 explores the history of statistics from the field’s origins in the nineteenth century through to the factors that produced the burst of modern statistical innovation in the early twentieth century. Theodore Porter shows that statistics was not developed by mathematicians and then applied to the sciences and social sciences. Rather, th...(展开全部)

The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820–1900 explores the history of statistics from the field’s origins in the nineteenth century through to the factors that produced the burst of modern statistical innovation in the early twentieth century. Theodore Porter shows that statistics was not developed by mathematicians and then applied to the sciences and social sciences. Rather, th...(展开全部)

The Foundations of Mathematics presents the lives and accomplishments of 10 mathematicians who lived between CE 1800 and 1900 and contributed to one or more of the four major initiatives that characterized the rapid growth of mathematics during the 19th century: the introduction of rigor, the investigation of the structure of mathematical systems, the development of new branche...(展开全部)

（美）贺萧（Gail Hershatter），美国加利福尼亚大学圣克鲁斯分校历史学教授（荣休），美国亚洲研究协会前主席（2011—2012）。长期从事文化史、劳工史、妇女史、性史和女性主义理论研究。著有《天津工人》《危险的愉悦》《记忆的性别》等。《危险的愉悦》与《记忆的性别》分获1997年、2012年美国历史学会“琼•凯利女性史纪念奖”。 ☆ 译者简介 喻满意，苏州市职业大学教育与人文学院副教授。 任吉东，天津社会科学院历史研究所研究员、湖北大学历史文化学院讲座教授。 许哲娜，苏州科技大学社会发展与公共管理学院副教授。

（美）贺萧（Gail Hershatter），美国加利福尼亚大学圣克鲁斯分校历史学教授（荣休），美国亚洲研究协会前主席（2011—2012）。长期从事文化史、劳工史、妇女史、性史和女性主义理论研究。著有《天津工人》《危险的愉悦》《记忆的性别》等。《危险的愉悦》与《记忆的性别》分获1997年、2012年美国历史学会“琼•凯利女性史纪念奖”。 ☆ 译者简介 喻满意，苏州市职业大学教育与人文学院副教授。 任吉东，天津社会科学院历史研究所研究员、湖北大学历史文化学院讲座教授。 许哲娜，苏州科技大学社会发展与公共管理学院副教授。

The Foundations of Mathematics presents the lives and accomplishments of 10 mathematicians who lived between CE 1800 and 1900 and contributed to one or more of the four major initiatives that characterized the rapid growth of mathematics during the 19th century: the introduction of rigor, the investigation of the structure of mathematical systems, the development of new branche...(展开全部)

Stephen M. Stigler is Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Chicago.

Review Journal of Modern History : The book is a pleasure to read: the prose sparkles; the protagonists are vividly drawn; the illustrations are handsome and illuminating; the insights plentiful and sharp. This will remain the definitive work on the early development of mathematical statistics for some time to come. --Lorraine J. Daston Science : An exceptionally searching, alm...(展开全部)