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Quantitative Methods in Biological and Medical Sciences : A Historical Essay by H. O. Lancaster (1994, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer
ISBN-100387942793
ISBN-139780387942797
eBay Product ID (ePID)716682
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXvii, 297 Pages
Publication NameQuantitative Methods in Biological and Medical Sciences : a Historical Essay
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1994
SubjectBiostatistics, Life Sciences / General, Algebra / General, Applied, Life Sciences / Biology
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMathematics, Science, Medical
AuthorH. O. Lancaster
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight23.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN94-008063
Reviews"..an intriguing, interesting, and innovative....readers with a historical bent...will treasure this volume as a veritable goldmine as they absorb its seemingly limitless nuggets...it is terse, compact, and (of necessity, selectively) comprehensive; the reference list alone is worth the price." Jnl of the Am Statistical Assoc.
Dewey Edition20
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal574/.0151
SynopsisMy original intention was to write a history of medical statistics, used in its prewar sense, expanding the writings on the subject by Major Greenwood, from which I formed many of my ideas in the early days immediately after the Second World War. In later years, I decided that the scope of his works was narrower than what I think is appropriate now, for he was writing in an era before the acceptance and use of the Fisherian methods and he was probably not aware of the mathematization of many parts of biological theory. Further, the boundary between the medical and biological sciences has largely disappeared. Many texts have now been written on branches of the theory and practice inspired by R. A. Fisher (see 4. 13). I discuss the history of the use of quantitative methods in the biological sciences, defined after the style of Peller (1967) as that branch of science that uses a quantitative approach to, or quantitative logical reasoning on, or biology. The mathematical tech any issue having to do with medicine niques are various and not classified here. Within the book I use "biological sciences" to include medicine but use the longer phrase in its title to avoid misunderstandings as to content. Moreover, most of the experimental work carried out in medical research laboratories is performed on animals other than man.", My original intention was to write a history of medical statistics, used in its prewar sense, expanding the writings on the subject by Major Greenwood, from which I formed many of my ideas in the early days immediately after the Second World War. In later years, I decided that the scope of his works was narrower than what I think is appropriate now, for he was writing in an era before the acceptance and use of the Fisherian methods and he was probably not aware of the mathematization of many parts of biological theory. Further, the boundary between the medical and biological sciences has largely disappeared. Many texts have now been written on branches of the theory and practice inspired by R. A. Fisher (see 4. 13). I discuss the history of the use of quantitative methods in the biological sciences, defined after the style of Peller (1967) as that branch of science that uses a quantitative approach to, or quantitative logical reasoning on, or biology. The mathematical tech any issue having to do with medicine niques are various and not classified here. Within the book I use "biological sciences" to include medicine but use the longer phrase in its title to avoid misunderstandings as to content. Moreover, most of the experimental work carried out in medical research laboratories is performed on animals other than man.
LC Classification NumberQH301-705T57-57.97QA
