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History of Statistics

Professor Lynn McDonald, Dr Eileen Magnello and Professor Rosemary A. Bailey · Gresham College

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About

Professor McDonald will discusses the history and the myth surrounding the 'Lady with the Lamp' highlighting particularly the brilliant work she did in analysis of Crimean War statistics. This work paved the way for the first truly modern hospitals. This is part of the 2014 Gresham College/ British Society of the History of Mathematics conference.

Lectures

  1. Florence Nightingale and her Crimean War Statistics: Lessons for hospital safety, public administration and nursing 2014-10-30 · YouTube
  2. Karl Pearson's Gresham Lectures on Geometry (1890-1894) 2014-10-30 · YouTube
  3. Some History of Latin Squares in Experiments 2014-10-30 · YouTube

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Institution
Gresham College
Taught by
Professor Lynn McDonald, Dr Eileen Magnello, Professor Rosemary A. Bailey
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, History
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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