Publications in 2005 and -6 in the History of Probability and Statistics
Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique Electronic Journal for History of Probability and StatisticsEvery year the JEHPS lists the books and articles on the history of probability and statistics that have appeared in the previous year. Inevitably there will be omissions but these can be made good. If you know of any in the list below, please contact me, John Aldrich, at
john.aldrich@soton.ac.uk and I will put things right.
The literature on the history of probability and statistics is very dispersed, with contributions appearing in outlets specialising in history and in outlets specialising in probability and statistics. The present list covers contributions of both kinds and aims to be comprehensive. At the same time, by considering only the history of probability and statistics, it is more focussed than the existing resources.
Beyond such general search engines as
the more specialised resources include
The Current Index to Statistics lists publications, journal articles and books. Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt MATH generally summarise each publication. Historia Mathematica has abstracts of recent publications in each issue. Isis publishes a Current Bibliography as the fifth issue each year. This is not included in the electronic version of the journal but its contents form part of the more comprehensive History of Science and Technology database supported by the RLG. The entries below give titles and, where there is one, a link to an MR review.
Books and reviews of books
The Encyclopedia of Social Measurement was published in 2004 but because it contains so many relevant articles it has been included.
Anderson, K (2005) Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Amazon
Jacob Bernoulli, Edith Dudley Sylla (Translator) (2006) The Art of Conjecturing, together with Letter to a Friend on Sets in Court Tennis, Johns Hopkins University Press. Amazon MR2195221
Jakob Bernoulli, R. Haussner(Translator) (2006/1899) Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung (Ars Conjectandi) Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library Amazon
Carson J. (2006) The Measure of Merit: Talents, Intelligence, and Inequality in the French and American Republics, 1750-1940, Princeton University Press. Amazon
Cohen, I. B. (2005) The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life, W. W. Norton & Company Amazon
Courtebras, B. (2006) À l'école des probabilités: une histoire de l'enseignement français du calcul des probabilités, Besançon : Presses universitaires franc-comtoises.
Everitt, B. and D. Howell (eds) (2005) Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science, Wiley. Articles
Galavotti, M. C. (2005) A Philosophical Introduction to Probability, Center for the Study of Language and Information Stanford University. Amazon MR2126866
Hacking. I. (2006) The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction, and Statistical Inference. 2nd edition with new Introduction. Cambridge University Press Amazon
Hahn, R. (2005) Pierre Simon Laplace 17491827:A Determined Scientist. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press. Amazon
Hald, A (2006) A History of Parametric Statistical Inference from Bernoulli to Fisher, 1713-1935, Springer. Amazon MR2284212
Hausdorff, F. (2006) Gesammelte Werke.Vol. V, Astronomie, Optik, und Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Springer. Amazon
Kavanagh, T. M. (2005) Dice, Cards, Wheels; A Different History of French Culture, University of Pennsylvania Press. Amazon
Kempf-Leonard, K. (ed) (2004) Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 3 volumes, Academic Press. Amazon Individual articles are listed below.
Lambert, J. H. Jean-Marc Rohrbasser and Jacques Véron (editors) (2006) Contributions mathématiques à l'étude de la mortalité et de la nuptialité (1765-1772) : Edition critique, bilingue ; suivi de Les équations de Lambert, INED Amazon
Maas, H. (2005) William Stanley Jevons and the Making of Modern Economics, Cambridge University Press. Amazon
Montagnini, L (2005) Le armonie del disordine. Norbert Wiener, matematico-filosofo del Novecento [The Harmonies of Disorder. Norbert Wiener, Twentieth-Century Mathematician and Philosopher], Venice: Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. MR2224467
Petit, P. (2005) L'équation de Kolmogoroff : Vie et mort de Wolfgang Doeblin, un génie dans la tourmente nazie, Editions Gallimard. Amazon
Playfair, W. (2005) Commercial and Political Atlas and Statistical Breviary, Cambridge University Press. Amazon
Reichenbach, H. (Author), Eberhardt, F. (Editor), Glymour, C. (Translator) (2006) The Concept of Probability: In the Mathematical Representation of Reality, Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S Amazon
Schweber, L. (2006) Disciplining Statistics: Demography and Vital Statistics in France and England, 1830-1885 (Politics, History, and Culture) Duke University Press Amazon
Sheynin, O. (2005) Theory of Probability: A Historical Essay. Available on the website http://www.sheynin.de/download/double.pdf
Williams, R. H., D. W. Zimmerman, D. Ross and B. D. Zumbo (2006) Twelve British Statisticians, Boson Books, electronic book. Sample.
Zabell, S. (2005) Symmetry and its Discontents: Essays on the History of Inductive Probability, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Amazon MR2199124
These are ordered alphabetically by the name of the author of the book under review.
Jacob Bernoulli, Edith Dudley Sylla (Translator) (2006) The Art of Conjecturing. Reviewed by O. Sheynin (2006) Historia Scientiarum, 16, 206 - 209.
Conway, F. & J. Siegelman (2004) Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics. Reviewed by B. Parhami in MR2105723
Dale, A. I. (2003) Most Honorable Remembrance: The Life and Work of Thomas Bayes. Reviewed by S. L. Zabell (2005), Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 42 (4) 555-559.
Dunnington, G. W., J. Gray and F.-E. Dohse (2004) Gauss: Titan of Science. Reviewed by R. J. Cleary (2005), American Statistician, 59, 349-349.
Franklin, J. (2002) The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal. Reviewed by S. Sandifer (2005) Historia Mathematica, 32, 94-97.
Hald, A. (1998) A History of Mathematical Statistics from 1750 to 1930 Reviewed by Bernard Bru (2005) Mathématiques et sciences humaines , n 171, Automne.
Kavanagh, T. M. (2005) Dice, Cards, Wheels; A Different History of French Culture. Reviewed by S. M. Stigler to appear in Nineteenth-Century French Culture (2006).
Porter, T. M. (2004) Karl Pearson: the Scientific Life in a Statistical Age. Reviewed by M. Armatte (2005) Mathématiques et sciences humaines, n 169.
Porter, T. M. (2004) Karl Pearson: the Scientific Life in a Statistical Age. Reviewed by R. J. Cleary (2005) American Statistician, 59, 349-349.
Porter, T. M. (2004) Karl Pearson: the Scientific Life in a Statistical Age. Reviewed by P. M. Lee (2005) Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 59,
Porter, T. M. (2004) Karl Pearson: the Scientific Life in a Statistical Age. Reviewed by J. H. Edwards (2006), Human Genetics, 119, 356-358.
Porter, T. M. (2004) Karl Pearson: the Scientific Life in a Statistical Age. Reviewed by M. E. Magnello (2006) British Journal for the History of Science, 39, 619-620.
Porter, T. M. (2004) Karl Pearson: the Scientific Life in a Statistical Age. Reviewed by O. Sheynin (2006) Historia Scientiarum 16, 212 - 214.
Stigler, S. M. (2002) Statistics on the Table: The History of Statistical Concepts and Methods (Paperback edition). Reviewed by E. Seneta, Historia Mathematica, 33, 255-258.
Zabell, S.L. (2005) Symmetry and its Discontents. Reviewed by B. E. Wall (2006) Isis, 97, 596-597.
Articles in Journals and Books
The Journal Electronique is the only journal dedicated to the history of probability and statistics and is already the most important publication in terms of the number of articles it publishes. Other contributions are widely scattered across history of science journals, statistics journals, mathematics journals and natural and social science journals. Note that sometimes MR lists an article without reviewing it and sometimes presents the bibliography without the review. The links given here indicate either a review or a bibliography.
Aldrich
, J. (2005) Fisher and Regression, Statistical Science, 20, 401-417. Project EuclidAldrich, J. (2005) The Statistical Education of Harold Jeffreys, International Statistical Review, 73, 289-307.
Anderson, T. W. (2005) Origins of the Limited Information Maximum Likelihood and Two-stage Least Squares Estimators, Journal of Econometrics, 127 (1), 116. MR2137489
Andrich, D. (2004) Rasch, Georg in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 3, p. 299.
Armatte, M. (2005) Lucien March: statistiques sans probabilité Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 1 (1).
Armatte, M. (2006) Les statisticiens du XIXème siècle lecteurs de J.Bernoulli Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1b).
Armatte, M. (2006) Les images de la Statistique à travers ses traités, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (2).
Armatte, M. (2006) Présentation de quelques documents Rapport Cheysson Rapport Faure Rapport Bertillon Rapport Closon Controverse Bunle-Lescure Rapport Fréchet Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (2).
Armatte, M. (2006) Contribution to the history of laplacian tests Mathématiques et sciences humaines, n 176, Winter 2006, special issue: Contribution to the history of probabilities. Tribute issue to Bernard Bru.
Arrow, K. J & E. L. Lehmann (2005) Harold Hotelling 1895-1973, National Academy of Sciences, 87, 1-15.
Ashby, D. (2006) Bayesian Statistics in Medicine: a 25 Year Review, Statistics in Medicine, 25, Issue 21, 3589-3631.
Baker,
K. M. and S. M. Stigler (2005) Comments on Correspondance entre Legendre et le Ministère de lIntérieur (1824-1831) Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 1 (2).Barbut, M., J.-M. Rohrbasser and J. Véron (2005) Jacques Lambert et la loi de survie. [Lambert and the life table] Mathématiques et sciences humaines, No. 171, 5185. MR2169852
Barbut, M. (2006) A brief account spanning twenty five years of seminar "Histoire du calcul des probabilités", Mathématiques et sciences humaines, n 176, Winter 2006, special issue: Contribution to the history of probabilities. Tribute issue to Bernard Bru.
Barnett, V. (2006) Chancing an interpretation: Slutsky's random cycles revisited, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 13, 411- 432.
Bellhouse, D. R. and C. Genest (2005) A Public Health Controversy in 19th Century Canada, Statistical Science, 20, (2), 178-192. Project Euclid
Bellhouse, D. R. (2005) Decoding Cardano's Liber de Ludo Aleae Historia Mathematica, 32, 180-202. MR2137319
Bernoulli, J. and G. Leibniz (2006) Quelques échanges? Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1).
Bilova, S., L. Mazliak and P.Sisma (2006) The axiomatic melting pot: teaching probabilities in Prague in 1930, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (2).
Bingham, N. H. (2005) Doob: a half-century on, Journal of Applied Probability, 42, 257?266. MR2144908
Bingham, N. H. (2006) Heroic periods, Mathématiques et sciences humaines, n 176, Winter 2006, special issue: Contribution to the history of probabilities. Tribute issue to Bernard Bru.
Bjerkholt, O. (2005) Frisch's Econometric Laboratory and the Rise of Trygve Haavelmo's Probability Approach, Econometric Theory, 21, 491-533.
Box, J. F. (2005) A Reminiscence of R. A. Fisher, American Statistician, 59, 312-314. (See also Ford (2005))
Breard, A. (2006) Translating statistics into 20th Century China, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (2).
Brewer, K. (2005) Anomalies, Probings, Insights: Ken Foreman's Role in the Sampling Inference Controversy of the Late 20th Century, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 47, 385-399.
Brezinski, C. (2005) La méthode de Cholesky, Revue d'histoire des mathématiques, 11, fascicule 2 (2005) 205-238. MR2233120
Brian, E. (2006) Les phénomènes sociaux que saisissait J.Bernoulli: de Condorcet à Comte, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1b).
Brian, E. and M. Jaisson (2005) Probability, biology and sociology in human sex-ratio at birth. A note on the trace of the First World War, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 1 (1).
Bru, B. (2005) Poisson, the Probability Calculus and Public Education (translated by Glenn Shafer) Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 1 (2).
Bru, B. and T. Martin (2005) Le baron de Ferussac, la couleur de la statistique et la topologie des sciences, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 1 (2).
Bru, B. (2006) The Bernoulli code, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1).
Bru, B. (2006) Les leçons de calcul des probabilités de Joseph Bertrand, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (2).
Bru, B. (2006) La courbe de Gauss ou le théorème de Bernoulli raconté aux enfants, Mathématiques et sciences humaines ? Mathematics and Social Sciences,
Buchwald, J. Z. (2006) Discrepant Measurements and Experimental Knowledge in the Early Modern Era, Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 60, 565-649.
Bunle, H. (2005) Interview de Henri Bunle (1884-1986) par Alain Desrosières Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 1 (1).
Cantor
, G. (2006) Georg Cantor translated and discussed by A.-M. Decaillot Cantor: Historische Notizen über die Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung (1873) Decaillot : Présentation du texte de Cantor suivi de sa traduction en français. Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1b).Carvais, R. (2005) Anticipation et réception de la thèse de droit de Nicolas Bernoulli (1709), Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1).
Chabrol and J. Fourier (2005) Chabrol/Fourier: Recherches Statistiques sur la ville de Paris et le Département de la Seine (1821), Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 1 (2).
Charmasson, T., S. Mechine, M. Petit and B. Bru (2005) Historical studies - Wolfgang Doeblin's archives and manuscripts, Revue d'histoire des sciences, 58, (1), 225.
Chetwind, A. and H. Short (2006) Choleraa step too Farr, Significance, 3, (2006), 88-90.
Clark, T. N. (2004) Lazarsfeld, Paul in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 2, p. 471.
Clements, K.W., Izan, I.H.Y. and Selvanathan, E.A (2006) Stochastic index numbers: a review. International Statistical Review. 74, 235-270.
Clero J.-P. (2006) La révolution des témoignages dans le calcul des probabilités, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1b).
Cohen, L. (2005) The History of Noise (On the 100th Anniversary of its Birth), IEEE Signal processing Magazine, November, 20-45.
Comin, F. (2004) Stone, Richard in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 3, p. 675.
Cournot A. A. (2005) (With annotatations by B. Bru & T. Martin) De la théorie des probabilités considérée comme la matière d'un enseignement (1828) Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 1 (2).
Courtebras, B. (2006) Probabilités et Statistiques dans l'enseignement secondaire de l'Occupation à la Libération, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (2).
Cramer, G. (2006) 3 documents introduced by T. Martin Cours de logique (paragraphes 448-547) Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, Encyclopédie méthodique, article Probabilité Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1).
Crépel, P. (2004) Condorcet in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 1, p. 449.
Crépel, P. (2006) Last perfidies of D'Alembert Mathématiques et sciences humaines, n 176, Winter 2006, special issue: Contribution to the history of probabilities. Tribute issue to Bernard Bru.
Csáki, E. (2005) István Vincze (19121999) and his contribution to lattice path combinatorics and statistics, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 135, 3-17.
DAgostini
, G. (2005) The Fermi's Bayes Theorem, ISBA Bulletin, 12(3), 6-8.Dale, A. I. (2004) Bayes, Thomas in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 1, p. 129.
Dale, A. I. (2004) Edgeworth, Francis Ysidro in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 1, p. 761.
David, H. A. (2005) Tables related to the normal distribution: A short history, American Statistician, 59, 309-311.
David, H. A. and D. F. Morrison (2006) Samuel Stanley Wilks (1906-1964) American Statistician, 60, 46-49.
David, H. A. (2006) The Introduction of Matrix Algebra into Statistics, American Statistician, 60, 162.
Deely, J. L. (2006) Shanti Swarup Gupta: His life (19252002) and work, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 136, 1999-2003.
deLaubenfels, R. (2006) The Victory of Least Squares and Orthogonality in Statistics, American Statistician, 60, 315-321.
Desrosieres, A. (2004) Quetelet, A. in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 3, p. 263.
Desrosieres, A. (2006) Les recherches de Ian Hacking sur l'histoire des usages des probabilités et des statistiques dans le raisonnement inductif Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1).
Dolph, C. (2004) Binet, Alfred in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 1, p. 183.
Droesbeke, J.-J. (2005) La place de l'éducation dans la vie et l'Oeuvre de Quetelet, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 1 (2).
Edwards
, A. W. F (2005) R. A. Fisher, Statistical Methods for Research Workers, 1925, in I. Grattan-Guinness (ed) Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics : Case Studies, 1640-1940, Amsterdam: Elsevier. Amazon.Edwards, A. W. F. (2005) Linkage Methods in Human Genetics before the Computer, Human Genetics, 118, 515-30.
Edwards, A. W. F. (2005) John Venn: Defining Symmetry, Significance, 2, 87-88.
Edwards, A. W. F. (2005) Sexes and Statistics, Significance, 2, 185-186.
Edwards, A. W. F. (2005) Statisticians in Stained Glass Houses, Significance, 3, (2006), 182-183.
Farebrother
, R. W. (2006) Early Explorations in Econometrics, ch. 3 of T. C. Mills and K. Patterson (eds) Palgrave Handbook of Econometrics Volume 1: Econometric Theory. Palgrave MacmillanFarebrother, R. W. (2006) On the trail of Trotter's 1957 translation of Gauss's work on the theory of least squares, in E P Liski, J Isotalo, J Niemel, S Puntanen, and G P H Styan (Eds), Festschrift for Tarmo Pukkila on his 60th Birthday, University of Tampere, Finland, pp.93100
Farebrother, R. W. and P. Neal (2006) Subject Index of Obituary Notices 1994-2005, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A, 169, 177-8.
Farewell, V., T. Johnson & P. Armitage (2006) 'A Memorandum on the Present Position and Prospects of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology' by Major Greenwood, Statistics in Medicine, 25, 2167-2177.
Feldman, J. (2005) Condorcet et la mathématique sociale. Enthousiasmes et bémols, Mathématiques et sciences humaines n 172, 7-41.
Fienberg, S. E. (2005) A "Bayesian Classics" Reading List, ISBA Bulletin, 12(3), 7-14.
Forcina, A. and G. M. Giorgi (2005) Early Gini's Contributions to Inequality Measurement and Statistical Inference, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 1 (1).
Ford, E. B. (2005) R. A. Fisher: An Appreciation, Genetics, 171, 415-417. See also Box (2005).
Friendly, M & D. Denis (2005) The Early Origins and Development of the Scatterplot, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 41, 103-130.
Furia, P. A. and A. Kohen (2004) Thucydides in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 3, p. 987.
Garcia Alonso
, M. and D. Teira Serrano (2006) The theology of large numbers, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1).Gilbert, C. L. and D. Qin (2006) The First Fifty Years of Modern Econometrics, ch. 4 of T. C. Mills and K. Patterson (eds) Palgrave Handbook of Econometrics Volume 1: Econometric Theory. Palgrave Macmillan
Gilchrist, W. (2005) Galton misrepresented, Significance, 2, 136-137.
Gillham, N. W. (2004) Galton, Sir Francis in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 2, p. 69.
Gillies, Donald (2006) Keynes and Probability, ch. 11 and pp. 199-216 of Backhouse, R. E. & B. W. Bateman (eds.) (2006) Cambridge Companion to Keynes, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Glas, E. (2004) Laplace, Pierre-Simon in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 2, p. 457.
Glemain, A. (2006) thesis Croyance et Probabilités dans la pensée européenne des 17ème et 18ème siècles (1992) Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1).
Guttorp, P. and Tilmann Gneiting (2006) Studies in the history of probability and statistics XLIX On the Matérn Correlation Family, Biometrika, 93, 989-995.
Hall
, N. (2004) Fisher, Sir Ronald in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 2, p. 39.Havlova, V., L. Mazliak and P. Sisma (2006) Le début des relations mathématiques franco-tchécoslovaques vu à travers la correspondance Hostinsky-Fréchet, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 1 (1).
Hepple, L. (2004) Yule, George Udny in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 3, p. 987.
Jones
, L.V. (2004) Thurstone, L. L. in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 3, p. 817.Kahane
, J.-P. (2006) The Doeblin affair. My memory of Wolfgang Doeblin's `pli cacheté' Mathématiques et sciences humaines, n 176, Winter 2006, special issue: Contribution to the history of probabilities. Tribute issue to Bernard Bru.Kotz, S. (2005) Reflections on Early History of Official Statistics and a Modest Proposal for Global Coordination, Journal of Official Statistics, 21, 139-144.
Kreager, P. (2004) John Graunt in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 2, p. 161.
Krengel, U. (2006) Von der Bestimmung von Planetenbahnen zur modernen Statistik: Carl Friedrich GaußWerk und Wirkung. (German) [From the determination of planetary orbits to modern statistics: Carl Friedrich Gausswork and impact] Mathematische Semesterberichte. 53, 1-16.
Labbe
, M. (2006) Le séminaire de statistiques du Bureau prussien (1862-1900), Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (2).Lenhard, J. (2006) Models and Statistical Inference: The Controversy between Fisher and Neyman-Pearson, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 57, 69-91. MR2209772
Lévy, P. (2006) Paul Lévy: Interview à la radio française (France-Culture) en 1971 à propos de la sortie de son livre autobiographique "Quelques aspects de la pensée dun mathématicien" Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1).
Levy, S. (2004) Louis Guttman in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 2, p. 175.
Link, D. (2006) Chains to the West: Markov's Theory of Connected Events and Its Transmission to Western Europe, Science in Context, 19, 561-589.
Link, D (2006) Traces of the Mouth. Andrei Andreyevich Markovs Mathematization of Writing, History of Science, 44 (145):321348.
Loken, Eric1; Rovine, Michael J. (2006) Peirce's 19th Century Mixture Model Approach to Rater Agreement, American Statistician, 60, 158-161.
López-Beltrán, Carlos (2006) Storytelling, Statistics and Hereditary Thought: the Narrative Support of Early Statistics, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 37, 41-58.
Ludbrook, J. (2005) R. A. Fisher's Life and Death in Australia, 1959-1962, American Statistician, 59, 164-165.
Maas
, H. (2004) Jevons, William Stanley, in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 2, p. 399.Magnello, M. E. (2004) Karl Pearson, Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 3, 31-39, Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Magnello, M. E. (2005) Karl Pearson and the Origins of Modern Statistics: An Elastician becomes a Statistician, Rutherford Journal, 1 (1)
Magnello, M. E. (2005) Karl Pearson, Paper on the Chi-Squared Goodness of Fit Test, in I. Grattan-Guinness (ed) Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics: Case Studies, 1640-1940, pp. 724-731, Amsterdam: Elsevier. Amazon.
Mahon, B. (2005) How Science got Statistics, Significance, 2, 58-81.
Mansuy, R. (2005) Histoire de martingales. Mathématiques et sciences humaines, No. 169, 105-113. MR2135182
Markov, A. A. (2006) Extension of the law of large numbers to quantities, depending on each other (Russian) (1906) Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1b).
Markov, A. A. (2006) An Example of Statistical Investigation of the Text Eugene Onegin Concerning the Connection of Samples in Chains, Science in Context, 19, 591-600.
Markov, A. A. (2006) On a Remarkable Case of Samples Connected in a Chain. Appendix on the statistical investigation of a text by Aksakov, Science in Context, 19, 601-604.
Martin, T. (2006) Logique du probable de J.Bernoulli à J.H.Lambert, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1b).
Martin, T. (2006) Gabriel Cramer's probabilistic logic, Mathématiques et sciences humaines, n 176, Winter, special issue: Contribution to the history of probabilities. Tribute issue to Bernard Bru.
Martin-Pliego, F.-J. and J. Santos Del Cerro (2006) Statistics teaching in Spain, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (2).
Mayer, (2004) in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 3, p. 71.
Mespoulet, M. (2006) Former au calcul socialiste : statistiques en URSS des années 1930, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (2).
Meusnier, N. (2006) Nicolas, neveu exemplaire, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1).
Meusnier, N. (2006) Sur l'histoire de l?enseignement des probabilités et des statistiques, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (2).
Missiakoulis, Spyros (2006) Plutarch and Lucullus' Applied Sampling, American Statistician, 60, 269-270.
Mohun, A. (2005) On the Frontier of The Empire of Chance: Statistics, Accidents, and Risk in Industrializing America, Science in Context, 18, 337-357.
Nagel
, F (2006) Jacques Bernoulli, l'inconnu, Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1b).Nicholas, J. M. (2004) Neyman, Jerzy in Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 2, p. 839.
Northcott, R. (2005) Pearson's Wrong Turning: Against Statistical Measures of Causal Efficacy, Philosophy of Science, 72, 900-912.
Panchapakesan
, S (2006) Shanti Swarup Gupta: His life (19252002) and work, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 136, 1986-1998.Peiffer, J (2006) Jacob Bernoulli, maître et rival de son frère Johann, Journ@l Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1).
Peiffer, J (2006) Jacob Bernoulli, teacher and rival of his brother Johann, Journ@l Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 2 (1b).
Petit, M. (2006) The Doeblin affaire: Alfred, Wolfgang and some other ones. About intuition and invention in mathematics and literature Mathématiques et sciences humaines, n 176, Winte, special issue: Contribution to the history of probabilities. Tribute issue to Bernard Bru.
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Interviews with distinguished practitioners and obituaries can be important sources for the writing of contemporary history. Only a few journals publish such items regularly but many more publish them occasionally.
These are ordered alphabetically by name of interviewee.
Larry Brown interviewed by A.Dasgupta, Statistical Science, 20, (2005), 193-203. Project Euclid.
Yuan Shih Chow interviewed by Ying Zhiliang and Cun-Hui Zhang, Statistical Science. 21, (2006), 99-112. Project Euclid.
Stella Cunliffe interviewed by H. Joyce, Significance, 3, (2006), 126-129.
Tim Davis interviewed by Julian Champkin, Significance, 3, (2006), 77-80.
Walter T. Federer interviewed by A. S. Hedayat, Statistical Science, 20, (2005), 302-315. Project Euclid.
David Finney interviewed by H. Joyce, Significance, 2, (2005), 171-173.
Ulf Grenander interviewed by N. Mukhopadhyay Statistical Science, 21, 404-426. Project Euclid.
John Hartigan interviewed by D. Barry, Statistical Science, 20, (2005), 418-430. Project Euclid.
Chris Heyde interviewed by P. Glasserman and S. Kou Statistical Science. 21, (2006), 286-298. Project Euclid
Jan Kmenta interviewed by J. Lodewijks Econometric Theory, 21, (2005), 621-645.
S. J. Morrison interviewed by Julian Champkin, Significance, 3 (2006), 176-178.
John Nelder interviewed by H. Joyce, Significance, 2, (2005), 75-77.
David Rhynd interviewed by H. Joyce, Significance, 2, (2005), 30-33.
Shelemyahu Zacks interviewed by N. Mukhopadhyay Statistical Science, 20, (2005), 89-110. Project Euclid.
These are ordered alphabetically by name of deceased. A few are unsigned.
Adhir Kumar Basu 1941-2005 remembered by Debasis Bhattacharya IMS Bulletin 34, (2005) Issue 7, 7.
Leo Breiman 1918-2004 IMS Bulletin 34, (2005) Issue 8, 14.
Chadrakant M. Deo remembered by Vasant Waikar IMS Bulletin 35, (2006) Issue 9, 7.
George Bernard Dantzig 1914-2005 remembered by Peter Bickel IMS Bulletin 34, (2005) Issue 7, 6.
Joseph Leonard Doob remembered by J. Laurie Snell, Journal of Applied Probability, 42, (2005) 247-256. MR2144907
Joseph Leo Doob remembered by Donald Burkholder and Philip Protter Stochastic Processes and their Applications 115, (2005) 10611072.
Benjamin Epstein 1918-2004 remembered by Robert Adler and Ishay Weisman IMS Bulletin 34, (2005) Issue 8, 13.
Harold William George Gearing, BSc, FIS, FCIS, FBCS, 1912-2005. remembered by Ed Swires-Hennessy, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society) 169 (2006) Issue 2, 381.
Seymour Geisser, 1929-2004 remembered by Donald A. Berry. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A, 168, (2005), 245.
Narayan Chandra Giri 1928-2006 remembered by Bimal K. Sinha IMS Bulletin 35, (2006) Issue 3, 11.
Sir Jack Hibbert, 1932-2005 remembered by Robin Lynch Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A, 169 (2006) Issue 2, 382.
Norman Lloyd Johnson 9 January 1917 - 18 November 2004 remembered by G. Jasso, S. Kotz Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 47, (2005), 257-384.
Norman Lloyd Johnson 1917 - 2004 remembered by G. Jasso, S. Kotz IMS Bulletin 34, (2005) Issue 2, 15.
Edward Kaplan 1920-2006 remembered by Bob Smythe IMS Bulletin 35, (2006) Issue 10, 7.
William Kruskal 1919-2005 IMS Bulletin 34, (2005) Issue 6, 4.
Sir Donald Macdougall OBE, 1912-2004 remembered by Lord Croham Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A, 168, (2005) Issue 1, 246.
Fred Mosteller 1916-2006 remembered by Stephen E. Fienberg IMS Bulletin 35, (2006) Issue 8, 14-15.
Kantiilal M. Patel remembered by Elise Ward IMS Bulletin 34, (2005) Issue 10, 2.
Ronald Pyke 1931-2005 remembered by Robert Adler IMS Bulletin 35, (2006) Issue 1, 4-5.
Gregory C. Reinsel 1948-2004 remembered by Murray Clayton IMS Bulletin 35, (2006) Issue 2, 9.
Amy Rocha 1956-2005 remembered by Bradley Jackson IMS Bulletin 34, (2005) Issue 9, 13.
I. Richard Savage 1926-2004 IMS Bulletin 34, (2005) Issue 1, 15.
Jack Silber 1917-2006 remembered by Stephen M. Stigler IMS Bulletin 35, (2006) Issue 8, 15.
Harshinder Singh 1951-2005 remembered by Jane Donovan IMS Bulletin 34, (2005) Issue 5, 3.
Yehuda Vardi 1946-2005 remembered by Cun-Hui Zhang, Larry Shepp IMS Bulletin 34, (2005) Issue 2, 9.
Ching-Zong Wei 1949-2004 IMS Bulletin 34, (2005) Issue 4, 3.
John Harold West MBE. remembered by Frank E. Whitehead, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A 169 (2006) Issue 1, 165.
Peter Allan Wright 1949-2004 remembered by Ken Russell IMS Bulletin 34, (2005) Issue 9, 12.
For the earlier literature there are some useful online bibliographies.
Most of the book reviews above are reviews of books published before 2005. See also the resources mentioned in the Introduction.
The following journals were consulted. (Most publish relevant articles only occasionally and some published none in the period under review.)
American Statistician, Annals of Probability, Annals of Science, Archive for History of Exact Sciences, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, Bayesian Analysis, Biometrical Journal, Biometrika, Bollettino di Storia delle Scienze Matematiche, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, British Journal of the History of Science, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, Chance, Convergence, Econometric Theory, Erkenntnis, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Historia Mathematica, Historia Scientiarum, History and Philosophy of Logic, History of Political Economy, IMS Bulletin, International Statistical Review, Isis, Journal de la Société Francaise de Statistique, Journal of Official Statistics, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Applied Probability, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Journal of the History of Biology, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, NTM Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Technik und Medizin, Mathématiques et sciences humaines, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Philosophy of Science, Revue d'histoire des mathématiques, Revue d'histoire des sciences, Rutherford Journal, Social Studies of Science, Science in Context, Significance, Statistical Science Statistics in Medicine, Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part A, Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies In History and Philosophy of Modern Physics