Καρλ Πίρσον
Ο Καρλ Πίρσον (αγγλ. Karl Pearson , γεννημένος ως Carl Pearson ; 27 Μαρτίου 1857 - 27 Απριλίου 1936 ) ήταν Άγγλος μαθηματικός . Καθιέρωσε τον κλάδο της στατιστικής και ίδρυσε το πρώτο ακαδημαϊκό τμήμα στατιστικής παγκοσμίως στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Λονδίνου το 1911 ενώ συνεισέφερε σημαντικά στον κλάδο της βιομετρικής και μετεωρολογίας . Ο Πίρσον ήταν υποστηρικτής του κοινωνικού δαρβινισμού και της καλλιγένειας. Υπήρξε ο ευνοούμενος και ο βιογράφος του σερ Φράνσις Γκάλτον.
Επιμελήθηκε και ολοκλήρωσε το Common Sense of the Exact Sciences (1885)[ 14] του Γουίλιαμ Κίνγκτον Κλίφορντ και το History of the Theory of Elasticity , τόμος 1 (1886–1893)[ 15] και τόμος 2 (1893)[ 16] του Ισαάκ Τοντχάντερ, μετά τον θάνατό τους.
Βραβεία
Ο Πίρσον έλαβε ευρεία αναγνώριση σε πολλούς κλάδους και έλαβε μεταξύ άλλων τα εξής βραβεία από ποικίλα επαγγελματικά σωματεία:
1896: εξελέγη εταίρος της Βασιλικής Εταιρείας [ 17]
1898: βραβεύτηκε με το μετάλλιο Δαρβίνου[ 18]
1911: βραβεύτηκε με τον τίτλο του επίτιμου διδάκτορα από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Σαιντ Άντριους
1911: βραβεύτηκε ως διδάκτορας από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Λονδίνου
1920: του προσφέρθηκε (και αρνήθηκε) το Τάγμα της Βρετανικής Αυτοκρατορίας
1932: βραβεύτηκε με το μετάλλιο Rudolf Virchow από το Berliner Anthropologische Gesellschaft
1935: του προσφέρθηκε (και αρνήθηκε) του αξίωμα του ιππότη
Δημοσιεύσεις
Pearson, Karl (1880). The New Werther . C, Kegan Paul & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1882). The Trinity: A Nineteenth Century Passion-play . Cambridge: E. Johnson.
Pearson, Karl (1887). Die Fronica . Strassburg: K.J. Trübner
Pearson, Karl (1887). The Moral Basis of Socialism . William Reeves, London.
Pearson, Karl (1888). The Ethic of Freethought . London: T. Fisher Unwin. Rep. University Press of the Pacific, 2002.
Pearson, Karl (1892). The Grammar of Science . London: Walter Scott. Dover Publications, 2004 (ISBN 0-486-49581-7 )
Pearson, Karl (1892). The New University for London: A Guide to its History and a Criticism of its Defects . London: T. Fisher Unwin.
Pearson, K (1896). «Mathematical Contributions to the Theory of Evolution. III. Regression, Heredity and Panmixia». Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 187 : 253–318. doi :10.1098/rsta.1896.0007 . Bibcode : 1896RSPTA.187..253P .
Pearson, Karl (1897). The Chances of Death and Other Studies in Evolution , 2 Vol . London: Edward Arnold.
Pearson, Karl (1904). On the Theory of Contingency and its Relation to Association and Normal Correlation . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1905). On the General Theory of Skew Correlation and Non-linear Regression . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1906). A Mathematical Theory of Random Migration . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1907). Studies in National Deterioration . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl, & Pollard, A.F. Campbell (1907). An Experimental Study of the Stresses in Masonry Dams . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1907). A First Study of the Statistics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl, & Barrington, Amy (1909). A First Study of the Inheritance of Vision and of the Relative Influence of Heredity and Environment on Sight . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl; Reynolds, W. D., & Stanton, W. F. (1909). On a Practical Theory of Elliptical and Pseudo-elliptical Arches, with Special Reference to the Ideal Masonry Arch .
Pearson, Karl (1909). The Groundwork of Eugenics . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1909). The Scope and Importance to the State of the Science of National Eugenics . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl, & Barrington, Amy (1910). A Preliminary Study of Extreme Alcoholism in Adults . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl, & Elderton, Ethel M. (1910). A First Study of the Influence of Parental Alcoholism on the Physique and Ability of the Offspring . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1910). The Influence of Parental Alcoholism on the Physique and Ability of the Offspring: A Reply to the Cambridge Economists . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl, & Elderton, Ethel M. (1910). A Second Study of the Influence of Parental Alcoholism on the Physique and Ability of the Offspring . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1911). An Attempt to Correct some of the Misstatements Made by Sir Victor Horsley and Mary D. Sturge, M.D. in the Criticisms of the Galton Laboratory Memoir: A First Study of the Influence of Parental Alcoholism, &c . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl; Nettleship, Edward, & Usher, Charles (1911–1913). A Monograph on Albinism in Man , 2 Vol . London: Dulau & Co., Ltd.
Pearson, Karl (1912). The Problem of Practical Eugenics . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1912). Tuberculosis, Heredity and Environment . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1913). On the Correlation of Fertility with Social Value: A Cooperative Study . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl, & Jaederholm, Gustav A. (1914). Mendelism and the Problem of Mental Defect, II: On the Continuity of Mental Defect . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl; Williams, M.H., & Bell, Julia (1914). A Statistical Study of Oral Temperatures in School Children Αρχειοθετήθηκε 2016-10-09 στο Wayback Machine .. London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1914-24-30). The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton , 3 Vol. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Pearson, Karl (1915). Some Recent Misinterpretations of the Problem of Nurture and Nature . Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl; Young, A.W., & Elderton, Ethel (1918). On the Torsion Resulting from Flexure in Prisms with Cross-sections of Uni-axial Symmetry Only . Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl, & Bell, Julia (1919). A Study of the Long Bones of the English Skeleton . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1920). The Science of Man: its Needs and its Prospects . Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl, & Karn, Mary Noel (1922). Study of the Data Provided by a Baby-clinic in a Large Manufacturing Town . Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1922). Francis Galton, 1822–1922: A Centenary Appreciation . Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1923). On the Relationship of Health to the Psychical and Physical Characters in School Children . Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1926). On the Skull and Portraits of George Buchanan . Edinburgh, London: Oliver & Boyd.
Άρθρα
Pearson, Karl (1883). «Maimonides and Spinoza» . Mind 8 (31): 338–353. doi :10.1093/mind/os-VIII.31.338 . https://archive.org/stream/mindreview08edinuoft#page/338/mode/2up .
Pearson, Karl (1885). «On a Certain Atomic Hypothesis». Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 14 : 71–120.
Pearson, Karl (1890). «On Wöhler's Experiments on Alternating Stress» . The Messenger of Mathematics XX : 21–37. https://archive.org/stream/messengermathem02unkngoog#page/n16/mode/2up .
Pearson, Karl (1891). «Ether Squirts». American Journal of Mathematics 13 (4): 309–72. doi :10.2307/2369570 .
Pearson, Karl (1897). "On Telegony in Man," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London , Vol. LX, pp. 273–283.
Pearson, Karl (1897). "On a Form of Spurious Correlation which May Arise when Indices are Used in the Measurement of Organs," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London , Vol. LX, pp. 489–502.
Pearson, Karl (1899). «On the Reconstruction of the Stature of Prehistoric Races» . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 192 : 169–243. doi :10.1098/rsta.1899.0004 . Bibcode : 1899RSPTA.192..169P . https://archive.org/stream/philosophicaltr53britgoog#page/n200/mode/2up .
Pearson, Karl; Lee, Alice; Bramley-Moore, Leslie (1899). «Genetic (Reproductive) Selection» . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 192 : 257–330. doi :10.1098/rsta.1899.0006 . Bibcode : 1899RSPTA.192..257P . https://archive.org/stream/philosophicaltr53britgoog#page/n294/mode/2up .
Pearson, Karl, & Whiteley, M.A. (1899). "Data for the Problem of Evolution in Man, I: A First Study of the Variability and Correlation of the Hand," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London , Vol. LXV, pp. 126–151.
Pearson, Karl, & Beeton, Mary (1899). "Data for the Problem of Evolution in Man, II: A First Study on the Inheritance of Longevity and the Selective Death-rate in Man," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London , Vol. LXV, pp. 290–305.
Pearson, Karl (1900). "On the Law of Reversion," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London , Vol. LXVI, pp. 140–164.
Pearson, Karl; Beeton, M., & Yule, G.U. (1900). "On the Correlation Between Duration of Life and the Number of Offspring," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London , Vol. LXVII, pp. 159–179.
Pearson, Karl (1900). "On the Criterion that a Given System of Deviations from the Probable in the Case of a Correlated System of Variables is Such that it can be Reasonably Supposed to Have Arisen from Random Sampling," Philosophical Magazine , 5th Series, Vol. L, pp. 157–175.
Pearson, Karl (1901). "On Lines and Planes of Closest Fit to Systems of Points in Space," Αρχειοθετήθηκε 2018-06-22 στο Wayback Machine . Philosophical Magazine , 6th Series, Vol. II, pp. 559–572.
Pearson, Karl (1902–1903). "The Law of Ancestral Heredity," Biometrika , Vol. II, pp. 221–229.
Pearson, Karl (1903). "On a General Theory of the Method of False Position", Philosophical Magazine , 6th Series, Vol. 5, pp. 658–668.
Pearson, Karl (1907). "On the Influence of Past Experience on Future Expectation," Philosophical Magazine , 6th Series, Vol. XIII, pp. 365–378.
Pearson, Karl, & Gibson, Winifred (1907). "Further Considerations on the Correlations of Stellar Characters," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , Vol. LXVIII, pp. 415–448.
Pearson, Karl (1910). «A Myth About Edward the Confessor» . The English Historical Review 25 : 517–520. doi :10.1093/ehr/xxv.xcix.517 . https://archive.org/stream/englishhistorica25londuoft#page/516/mode/2up .
Pearson, Karl (1920). «The Problems of Anthropology» . The Scientific Monthly 11 (5): 451–458. Bibcode : 1920SciMo..11..451P . https://archive.org/details/sim_scientific-monthly_1920-11_11_5/page/451 .
Pearson, Karl (1930). "On a New Theory of Progressive Evolution," Annals of Eugenics , Vol. IV, Nos. 1–2, pp. 1–40.
Pearson, Karl (1931). "On the Inheritance of Mental Disease," Annals of Eugenics , Vol. IV, Nos. 3–4, pp. 362–380.
Miscellany
Pearson, Karl (1885). The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences . London: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co. (editor).
Pearson, Karl (1886–1893). A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials from Galilei to the Present Time , Vol. 2 , Vol. 3 . Cambridge University Press (editor).
Pearson, Karl (1888). The Positive Creed of Freethought: with Some Remarks on the Relation of Freethought to Socialism. Being a Lecture Delivered at South Place Institute . London: William Reeves.
Pearson, Karl (1901). National Life from the Stand-point of Science: An Address Delivered at Newcastle . London: Adam & Charles Black.
Pearson, Karl (1908). A Second Study of the Statistics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Marital Infection . London: Dulau & Co. (editor).
Pearson, Karl (1910). Nature and Nurture, the Problem of the Future: A Presidential Address . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1911). The Academic Aspect of the Science of Eugenics: A Lecture Delivered to Undergraduates . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1912). Treasury of Human Inheritance , 2 Vol . Dulau & Co., London (editor).
Pearson, Karl (1912). Eugenics and Public Health: An Address to Public Health Officers . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1912). Darwinism, Medical Progress and Eugenics. The Cavendish Lecture: An Address to the Medical Profession . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1912). Social Problems, their Treatment, Past, Present, and Future: A Lecture . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1914). On the Handicapping of the First-born: Being a Lecture Delivered at the Galton Laboratory . London: Dulau & Co.
Pearson, Karl (1914). Tables for Statisticians and Biometricians . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (editor).
Pearson, Karl (1919–22). Tracts for Computers . Cambridge University Press (editor).
Pearson, Karl (1921). Side Lights on the Evolution of Man: Being a Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution . Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1922). Tables of the Incomplete Γ-Function . London: Pub. for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research by H.M. Stationery Office.
Pearson, Karl (1923). Charles Darwin, 1809–1882: An Appreciation. Being a Lecture Delivered to the Teachers of the London County Council . Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1927). The Right of the Unborn Child: Being a Lecture Delivered... to Teachers from the London County Council Schools . Cambridge University Press.
Pearson, Karl (1934). Tables of the Incomplete Beta-function . Cambridge University Press. 2nd ed. , 1968 (editor).
Παραπομπές
↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Γαλλίας : (Γαλλικά ) καθιερωμένοι όροι της Εθνικής Βιβλιοθήκης της Γαλλίας . 12299179c . Ανακτήθηκε στις 10 Οκτωβρίου 2015.
↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 MacTutor History of Mathematics archive . Ανακτήθηκε στις 22 Αυγούστου 2017.
↑ 3,0 3,1 (Αγγλικά ) SNAC . w69s1t36 . Ανακτήθηκε στις 9 Οκτωβρίου 2017.
↑ 4,0 4,1 «Большая советская энциклопедия » (Ρωσικά ) Η Μεγάλη Ρωσική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια . Μόσχα . 1969. Ανακτήθηκε στις 28 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015.
↑ MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
↑ 6,0 6,1 (Αγγλικά ) Find A Grave .
↑ CONOR.SI . 208448611 .
↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 8,3 8,4 «Who's who » (Βρετανικά αγγλικά , Αγγλικά ) A & C Black . U215311 .
↑ Ανακτήθηκε στις 8 Ιουλίου 2019.
↑ (Αγγλικά ) Mathematics Genealogy Project .
↑ Ανακτήθηκε στις 17 Ιουνίου 2019.
↑ «Oxford Dictionary of National Biography » (Αγγλικά ) Oxford University Press . Οξφόρδη . 2004. 35442 .
↑ www .therai .org .uk /awards /honours-prior-recipients /huxley-memorial-medal-and-lecture-prior-recipients .
↑ textsThe common sense of the exact sciences . London: K. Paul, Trench. 1886.
↑ Todhunter, Isaac· Pearson, Karl. A history of the theory of elasticity and of the strength of materials, from Galilei to the present time . 1 . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
↑ Todhunter, Isaac· Pearson, Karl. A history of the theory of elasticity and of the strength of materials, from Galilei to the present time . 2 . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
↑ «Library and Archive catalogue» . Sackler Digital Archive . Royal Society. Αρχειοθετήθηκε από το πρωτότυπο στις 25 Οκτωβρίου 2011. Ανακτήθηκε στις 1 Ιουλίου 2011 .
↑ «Pearson, Karl» . Who's Who 59 : 1373. 1907. https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1373 .
Περαιτέρω μελέτη
Εξωτερικοί σύνδεσμοι
O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., «Καρλ Πίρσον» , MacTutor History of Mathematics archive , University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Pearson.html .
Καρλ Πίρσον στο Mathematics Genealogy Project
John Aldrich's Karl Pearson: a Reader's Guide at the University of Southampton (contains many useful links to further sources of information).
Encyclopædia Britannica Karl Pearson
Gavan Tredoux's Francis Galton website, galton.org , contains Pearson's biography of Francis Galton, and several other papers – in addition to nearly all of Galton's own published works.
Karl Pearson and the Origins of Modern Statistics at The Rutherford Journal .
"Studies in the history of probability and statistics, L: Karl Pearson and the Rule of Three" [νεκρός σύνδεσμος ] , Stigler 2012
From Masaryk to Karl Pearson , Philosophy as Scientia Scientiarum