Breakthroughs In Statistics: Foundations And Basic Theory (Springer Series In Statistics) Corrected Edition

Samuel Kotz (Editor), Norman L. Johnson (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0387940375 / ISBN 13: 9780387940373

Published by Springer; Corrected edition (June 11, 1993), 1993

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ISBN 0387940375. Hardback. No dustjacket. Tight sound copy with minimal wear overall, but pretty much a tight sound reading copy only due to being an Ex library copy with the usual faults, Ink stamps, spine label, card pocket, etc. . This the original trade paperback edition which was turned into a hardback edition by the library. On the plus side, it is a much more durable edition than the trade paperback edition. This book is Breakthroughs in Statistics: Foundations and Basic Theory (Springer Series in Statistics) Corrected Edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Breakthroughs In Statistics: Foundations And Basic Theory (Springer Series In Statistics) Corrected Edition
• Publisher: Springer; Corrected edition (June 11, 1993)
• Publication Date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0387940375
• ISBN 13: 9780387940373
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Later Edition.
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket
• Signed: No Signature
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

McCrimmon, having gotten Grierson's attention, continued: "A breakthrough, you say? If it's in economics, at least it can't be dangerous. Nothing like gene engineering, laser beams, sex hormones or international relations. That's where we don't want any breakthroughs. " (Galbraith, 1. K. (1990) A Tenured Profes­ sor, Houghton Miffiin; Boston. ) To judge [astronomy] in this way [a narrow utilitarian point of view] demon­ strates not only how poor we are, but also how small, narrow, and indolent our minds are; it shows a disposition always to calculate the payolIbefore the work, a cold heart and a lack of feeling for everything that is great and honors man. One can unfortunately not deny that such a mode of thinking is not uncommon in our age, and I am convinced that this is closely connected with the catastro­ phes which have befallen many countries in recent times; do not mistake me, I do not talk of the general lack of concern for science, but of the source from which all this has come, of the tendency to everywhere look out for one's advan­ tage and to relate everything to one's physical well-being, of the indilIerence towards great ideas, ofthe aversion to any elIort which derives from pure enthu­ siasm: I believe that such attitudes, if they prevail, can be decisive in catas­ trophes of the kind we have experienced. [Gauss, K. F. : Astronomische An­ trittsvorlesung (cited from Buhler, W. K. (1981) Gauss: A Biographical Study, Springer: New York)].