The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century (Book Review)

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THE LADY TASTING TEA: HOW STATISTICS REVOLUTIONIZED SCIENCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (BOOK REVIEW)

Florence Nightingale once wrote that, "To understand God's thoughts, we must study statistics, for these are the measure of his purpose." But if you're no statistician, don't panic: There are no equations here. Instead, this is a story of people and ideas that dramatically changed society. Author and statistician David Salzburg, Ph.D., a former research fellow at Pfizer Inc., writes lucidly and with humor about how statistics affected the meaning and practice of science, the manufacturing of beer, battlefield medicine, election projections and myriad other topics--including a lady tasting tea.