The Econometricians: Gauss, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Hotelling, Cowles, Frisch and Haavelmo (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781137341365)

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.

Author: Colin Read
ISBN-10: 113734136X
ISBN-13: 9781137341365
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 11/22/2016
Pages: 261
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 6.34h x 8.55w x 0.91d