[R] off topic but need your pointers about statistics

[David Scott]

Michael wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I apologize for this off-topic question but I need your help -- I know
> there are lots of experts here.
> 
> As a lover and student of statistics, I am thinking of building a tree
> of various branches of statistics and keeping track of the greatest
> historical inventions/discoveries in statistics and the latest
> development of each branch. The goal is to understand in what context
> did the great inventions come out and then try to follow the greatest
> minds in terms of creating future significant inventions/discoveries
> in the statistics field... This is the "learn-from-the-greatest-minds"
> approach.
> 
> Could anybody give me some pointers about existing books/articles
> about the greatest inventions/discoveries in statistics? And topic
> list?
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 

Well, good starting points might be

Heyde and Seneta, Statisticians of the Centuries
Stigler, History of Statistics

The preface to Heyde and Seneta can be seen on Google books and possibly 
on Amazon and gives a number of recent references.

David Scott


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