Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age by Porter, Theodore M - 2006-01-07

Princeton University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback / softback. New. Recounts Karl Pearson's extraordinary intellectual adventure and sheds light on the inner life of science. In this book, a leading historian of modern science investigates the interior experience of one man's scientific life while placing it in a tapestry of social, political, and intellectual movements.

Princeton University Press , pp. 352 . Papeback. New.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. 1st p/b, reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures, few black & white text-photos, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 342 pp. This is a biography by Theodore Porter, of Karl Pearson, the British founder of modern statistics. Pearson's faith in science grew out of a deeply moral quest, reflected also in his socialism and his efforts to find a new basis for relations between men and women. This impressive and detailed biography looks at Pearson's intellectual adventure and sheds new light on the inner life of science.

Princeton Univ Pr, 2006. Paperback. New. 342 pages. 9.30x6.25x0.80 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Princeton University Press, 2006-01-08. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!