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The Pleasures of Statistics: The Autobiography of Frederick ...

The Pleasures of Statistics: The Autobiography of Frederick ...

Frederick Mosteller

This volume is a companion to Selected Papers of Frederick Mosteller (Springer, 2006) and A Statistical Model: Frederick Mosteller’s Contributions to Statistics, Science, and Public Policy (Springer-Verlag, 1990).
Selected Papers of Frederick Mosteller

Selected Papers of Frederick Mosteller

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This volume of selected papers is a companion to the earlier volume A Statistical Model: Frederick Mosteller's Contributions to Statistics, Science, and Public Policy, edited by Stephen E. Fienberg, David C. Hoaglin, William H. Kruskal, and ...
Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions

Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions

Frederick Mosteller

From "The Flippant Juror" and "The Prisoner's Dilemma" to "The Cliffhanger" and "The Clumsy Chemist," they provide an ideal supplement for all who enjoy the stimulating fun of mathematics.Professor Frederick Mosteller, who teaches ...
Inference and Disputed Authorship: The Federalist

Inference and Disputed Authorship: The Federalist

Frederick Mosteller

The reissue of this landmark book will be welcomed by anyone interested in the juncture of history, political science, and authorship.
Beginning Statistics with Data Analysis

Beginning Statistics with Data Analysis

Frederick Mosteller

Each chapter and section concludes with review problems. Suitable for undergraduate students, the text requires only one year of high school algebra.
Data Analysis and Regression: A Second Course in Statistics

Data Analysis and Regression: A Second Course in Statistics

Frederick Mosteller

Two mainstreams intermingle in this treatment of practical statistics: (a) a sequence of philosophical attitudes the student needs for effective data analysis, and (b) a flow of useful and adaptable techniques that make it possible to put ...
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was born in slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland.
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Massachusetts. General Court. Senate

Sears, Frederick R., formerly Jr., . . . . . . Sears, Frederick B., Richard D. Sears, Philip S. Sears, Herbert M. Sears, trustees under will of Frederick R. Sears, . . . . . . . . . . Sears, Frederick B. ... Katharine C. Mrs. . . . . . . Stanley, Frank R, George E.
Frederick the Great: A Military Life

Frederick the Great: A Military Life

Christopher Duffy

Schwerin's school of devotees was still longer-lived than that of the Old Dessauer , and it embraced Frederick's ... won general admiration for the restraint they exercised in enemy territory, which again offered a contrast to Frederick's way of  ...
Frederick II: A Medieval Emperor

Frederick II: A Medieval Emperor

David Abulafia

Frederick came to Rome, to be acclaimed (but not yet crowned) as Roman emperor by the populus Romanus, at papal instigation. ... The Pisans had supported Otto; indeed, their fleet stood in Frederick's way off the south Italian coast.
Frederick the Great: A Military History

Frederick the Great: A Military History

Dennis Showalter

The author chose as his commanding general Frederick the Great, praising him as a strategist able to tell the difference between good and bad advice, a strong ... Nothing essential to Frederick's way of war was inherently unique to Prussia.
Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings

Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings

Frederick Douglass

One of the greatest African American leaders and one of the most brilliant minds of his time, Frederick Douglass spoke and wrote with unsurpassed eloquence on almost all the major issues confronting the American people during his life--from ...
The Ulster County Genealogical Society's Families of Ulster ...

The Ulster County Genealogical Society's Families of Ulster ...

Jack K. Middaugh

She married Frederick MARKEL, Jr. He was born 24 Jun 1760. Frederick, Jr. died 2 Jul 1811. Frederick's surname has been recorded as VAN DEMERKE, MERKEL and other variant spellings. He served in the 3rd Regiment of the Ulster Militia ...
Ethnicity and American social theory: toward critical pluralism

Ethnicity and American social theory: toward critical pluralism

Gerard A. Postiglione

Some excellent biographical sources on Frederick Jackson Turner include Wilbur R. Jacobs, The Historical World of Frederick Jackson Turner, London: Yale, 1968; JamesD. Bennett, Frederick Jackson Turner, Boston: Tyayne, 1975; and Filmur ...
Frederick(Big Book)

Frederick(Big Book)

Leo Lionni

Frederick, the poet mouse, stores up something special for the long cold winter.
Voice of Freedom: A Story about Frederick Douglass

Voice of Freedom: A Story about Frederick Douglass

Maryann N. Weidt

A Story about Frederick Douglass Maryann N. Weidt. To my writers group—Linda Glaser, Katharine Johnson, Sue Larson, Margi Preus, and Ann Treacy. Thanks for listening. — M.W. The author thanks: Joy Kinard at the Frederick Douglass ...
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Frederick Andermann

Frederick Andermann, Jean Aicardi, Federico Vigevano. 18. Infantile Hypotonia and Paroxysmal Dystonia: A Variant of Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood 151 Frederick Andermann, Shunsuke Ohtahara, Eva Andermann, Peter R. Camfield,  ...
Frederick Jackson Turner: Wisconsin’s Historian of the Frontier

Frederick Jackson Turner: Wisconsin’s Historian of the Frontier

Martin Ridge

INTRODUCTION *See Martin Ridge, "A More Jealous Mistress: Frederick Jackson Turner as Book Reviewer,” in the Pacific Historical Review, 55:49–63 ( February, 1986). *Vernon E. Mattson and William E. Marion, Frederick Jackson Turner: A ...
Frederick Douglass: Oratory from Slavery

Frederick Douglass: Oratory from Slavery

David B. Chesebrough

Blight, David W. "Frederick Douglass and the American Apocalypse." Civil War History ... "Frederick Douglass and the Kansas-Nebraska Act: A Case Study in Agitational Versatility." Central States ... Goldstein, Leslie Friedman. "Violence as an ...
The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Last Great ...

The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Last Great ...

Frederick Law Olmsted

Despite these fears, Olmsted’s work in the final six years of his professional career would only enhance his considerable reputation, as the ninth and final volume of The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted reveals.
Making Cancer History: Disease and Discovery at the ...

Making Cancer History: Disease and Discovery at the ...

James S. Olson

Frederick Becker interview; James Bowen interview; Garth Nicolson to Charles A. LeMaistre, Jan. 6, 1984 ... 19, 1985; Judah Folkman to Frederick F. Becker, Mar. 10, 1985; David Patterson to Frederick F. Becker, Mar.14, 1986, MDA, CAL, 1G, ...
Personal Remembrances of Sir Frederick Pollock, Second ...

Personal Remembrances of Sir Frederick Pollock, Second ...

Frederick Pollock

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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