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Author Box, Joan Fisher, 1926- author

Title R. A. Fisher, the life of a scientist / Joan Fisher Box
Published New York : Wiley, [1978]
New York : Wiley, c1978
©1978

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Description xii, 512 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics
Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics.
Contents 1. Nature and nurture -- 2. In the wilderness -- 3. Mathematical statistics -- 4. Rothamsted experimental station -- 5. Tests of significance -- 6. The design of experiments -- 7. The genetical theory of natural selection -- 8. The evolution of dominance -- 9. The role of a statistician -- 10. Galton Professor of Eugenics -- 11. Evolutionary ideas -- 12. In the United States and India -- 13. Blood groups in man -- 14. Losses of war -- 15. Arthur Balfour Professor of genetics -- 16. The biometrical movement -- 17. Scientific inference -- 18. Retirement
Notes "Bilbliography of R. A. Fisher": p. 486-503
Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography "Bilbliography of R. A. Fisher": pages 486-503
Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Fisher, Ronald Aylmer, Sir, 1890-1962.
Statisticians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Author Fisher, Ronald Aylmer, Sir, 1890-1962.
LC no. 78001668
ISBN 0471093009