The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statisticians Revolutionized Science in the 20th Century - Couverture rigide

Salsburg, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0716741067 ISBN 13 : 9780716741060

Editeur : W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

At a summer tea party in Cambridge, England, a lady states that tea poured into milk tastes differently than that of milk poured into tea. Her notion is shouted down by the scientific minds of the group. But one guest, by the name Ronald Aylmer Fisher, proposes to scientifically test the lady's hypothesis. In this book, readers encounter not only Ronald Fisher's theories (and their repercussions), but the ideas of dozens of men and women whose revolutionary work affects our everyday lives. Writing with verve and wit, author David Salsburg traces the rise and fall of Karl Pearson's theories, explores W. Edwards Deming's statistical methods of quality control (which rebuilt postwar Japan's economy), and relates the story of Stella Cunliff's early work on the capacity of small beer casks at the Guinness brewing factory. This book is not a book of dry facts and figures, but the history of great individuals who dared to look at the world in a new way.

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À propos de l'auteur

DAVID SALSBURG is a retired pharmaceutical company statistician, currently working as a private consultant.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0716741067
• ISBN 13: 9780716741060
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 351
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible