I personally like THE HISTORY OF STATISTICS , The measurement of
uncertainity before 1900, by Stephen M. Stigler.
Kanaka
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Subject: Re: Christmas Reading?
Humberto Barreto wrote on 12/16/99 6:29 AM:
>>Does anyone know of a book on statistics (or maths) that likewise
is a
>>good non-technical read? perhaps about some statistical
'characters' or
>>perhaps history of statistics.
>
>I bet you'd like James Gleick's stuff:
>
>Chaos: Making a New Science (1988)
>Genius (a bio of Richard Feynman) (1993)
>and his latest
>Faster: The Accelaration of Just About Everything, which I've just
started.
>
>Happy holidays!
The Cartooon Guide to Statistics by Larry Gonick is excellent. I
recommend it to statistics students who are getting bogged down in
the
prose of more detailed texts. It has both history and humor yet
accurately conveys the fundamental concepts of statistics.
Paul Bernhardt
