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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Van Loon, Borin (illustrator). Paperback. From the medicine we take, the treatments we receive, the aptitude and psychometric tests given by employers, the cars we drive, the clothes we wear, to even the beer we drink, statistics have given shape to the world we inhabit. For the media, statistics are routinely damning, horrifying, or occasionally, encouraging. Yet, for all their ubiquity, most of us really don't know what to make of statistics. Exploring the history, mathematics, philosophy and practical use of statistics, Eileen Magnello, accompanied by Borin Van Loon's intelligent graphic illustrations, traces the rise of statistics from the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Chinese, to the censuses of Romans and the Greeks, and the modern emergence of the term itself in Europe. She explores the vital statistics of, in particular, William Farr, and the mathematical statistics of Karl Pearson and RA Fisher. She even tells how knowledge of statistics can prolong one's life, as it did for evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, who, given eight months to live after a cancer diagnosis in 1982, lived until 2002. An enjoyable, surprise-filled tour through a subject that is both fascinating and crucial to understanding our world. AUTHOR: Eileen Magnello trained and worked as a statistician before doing her doctorate in the history of science at St Antony's College, Oxford. She has published extensively on the life and statistical innovations of the Victorian statistician Karl Pearson and is a Research Associate at University College London. Borin Van Loon is a Surrealist artist and illustrator whose work ranges from oil paintings to a cut-out book on DNA. Another brand new Graphic Guide, on a sometimes baffling but crucial subject, straddling science, philosophy and everyday life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781848310568
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Book Description Condition: New. Van Loon, Borin (illustrator). 2005. Paperback. Statistics have given shape to the world we inhabit. Exploring the history, mathematics, philosophy and practical use of statistics, this book traces the rise of statistics from the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Chinese, to the censuses of Romans and the Greeks, and the modern emergence of the term itself in Europe. Illustrator(s): Van Loon, Borin. Series: Introducing. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781848310568
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