Book Reviews 37.3
The Flawed Genius of William Playfair: The Story of the Father of Statistical Graphics
David R. Bellhouse
Hardcover: 356 pages
Publisher: University of Toronto Press (2023)
ISBN-13: 978-1487545031
David Bellhouse has written a new book on the history of statistics, reporting this time on the eventful life of Englishman William Playfair (following his fabulous 2011 book on Abraham de Moivre that I reviewed for this column).
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