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The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century
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Sep 14, 2014
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Tales of Statisticians: George B. Dantzig
"The Lady Tasting Tea"[1] is a fantastic book about statisticians. Someone recommended that book to me as an intro to stats, which it most certainly is not. However, if you have had even a single course in statistics, you will recognize many of the names and learn how they influenced the modern era.Frankly, I wish the author had devoted a couple of pages at the end of each chapter to delve deeper into the technical concepts. Nonetheless, the book makes an interesting read, even for non-statisticians.
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This explained the issues well. Thank you for posting it.Other reading material that may be of interest: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Tasting-Tea-Statistics-Revolution... Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century <a/>
Taleb's The Black Swan and MoneyBall (especially if you enjoy baseball)