The Econometricians Gauss, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Hotelling, Cowles, Frisch and Haavelmo /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Read, Colin (Author)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XXI, 261 p. 21 illus., 19 illus. in color.
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Idioma:inglés
Publicado: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Great Minds in Finance,
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Acceso en liña:https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-34137-2
Formato: Electrónico Libro
Table of Contents:
  • 1) Preface to the Great Minds in Finance Series
  • 2) Preamble
  • Section One: Mathematicians and Astronomers
  • 3) The Early Life of Carl Friedrich Gauss
  • The Times of Carl Friedrich Gauss
  • Carl Friedrich Gauss’ Great Idea
  • 6)The Later Years and Legacy of Carl Friedrich Gauss
  • Section Two: From Least Squares to Eugenics
  • 7) The Early Life of Francis Galton
  • 8) The Times of Francis Galton
  • 9) The Later Life and Legacy of Sir Francis Galton
  • 10) The Early Life of Karl Pearson
  • 11) Karl Pearson’s Great Idea
  • 12) The Later Life and Legacy of Karl Pearson
  • Section Three: The Formation of Modern Statistics
  • 13) The Early Life of Ronald Aylmer Fisher
  • 14) The Times of Ronald Aylmer Fisher
  • 15) Ronald Fisher’s Great Idea
  • 16) Later Life and Legacy of Ronald Fisher
  • 17) The Early Life of Harold Hotelling
  • 18) The Times of Harold Hotelling
  • 19) Harold Hotelling’s Great Idea
  • 20) The Later Life and Legacy of Harold Hotelling
  • Section Four: The Birth of a Commission and Econometrics
  • 21) The Early Life of Alfred Cowles III
  • 22) The Times of Alfred Cowles III
  • 23)The Great Idea of Alfred Cowles III
  • 24) Legacy and Later Life of Alfred Cowles III
  • 25) The Early Life of Ragnar Frisch
  • 26) The Times of Ragnar Frisch
  • 27) Ragnar Frisch’s Great Idea
  • 28) The Legacy and Later Life of Ragnar Frisch
  • 29) The Early Years of Trygve Haavelmo
  • 30) The Times of Trygve Haavelmo
  • 31) Haavelmo’s Great Idea
  • Section Five: What We Have Learned
  • 33) Conclusions
  • 34) Glossary.