The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century by David Salsburg (Author). An insightful, revealing history of the magical mathematics that remodeled our world.
At a summer season tea party in Cambridge, England, a guest states that tea poured into milk tastes different from milk poured into tea. Her notion is shouted down by the scientific minds of the group. But one man, Ronald Fisher, proposes to scientifically test the hypothesis. There isn’t any better individual to conduct such an experiment, for Fisher is a pioneer in the discipline of statistics.
The Girl Tasting Tea spotlights not solely Fisher’s theories but additionally the revolutionary ideas of dozens of men and women which have an effect on our trendy everyday lives. Writing with verve and wit, David Salsburg traces breakthroughs starting from the rise and fall of Karl Pearson’s theories to the strategies of quality control that rebuilt postwar Japan’s financial system, together with a pivotal early research on the capacity of a small beer cask at the Guinness brewing factory. Brimming with intriguing tidbits and colourful characters, The Lady Tasting Tea salutes the spirit of those that dared to have a look at the world in a brand new way.
To read the book was a fantastic experience. So many crucial issues of statistic history offered as quick and clear stories.
In some chapters I may, eventually, perceive troublesome concepts (martingale, fuzzy).
I did need the book by no means ended, and I’ve not English as my first language (So forgive my mistakes in Shakespeare language)
This book is a superb depiction of the history of Statistics and its nice contributors. Dr. Salsburg conveys the tales of the nice minds of the statistical world in an insightful and attention-grabbing way.
The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century
David Salsburg (Author)
352 pages
Holt Paperbacks (May 1, 2002)
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