Isaac Newton as a Probabilist

In 1693, Isaac Newton answered a query from Samuel Pepys about a problem involving dice. Newton's analysis is discussed and attention is drawn to an error he made.Comment: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/088342306000000312 in the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org

Karl Pearson's Theoretical Errors and the Advances They Inspired

Karl Pearson played an enormous role in determining the content and organization of statistical research in his day, through his research, his teaching, his establishment of laboratories, and his initiation of a vast publishing program. His technical contributions had initially and continue today to have a profound impact upon the work of both applied and theoretical statisticians, partly through their inadequately acknowledged influence upon Ronald A. Fisher. Particular attention is drawn to two of Pearson's major errors that nonetheless have left a positive and lasting impression upon the statistical world.Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/08-STS256 the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org

The Process and Progress of Economics

Nobel Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1982industrial structure; economic regulation