Nature
Peculiarities of Psychical Research - Nature
ON page 200 I see that Prof. Karl Pearson suggests that it would be a good exercise for some one with a strictly logical mind and plenty of leisure to criticise “the products of the chief psychical ...
5 days ago
Methods and Aims of Anthropology - Nature
PROF. KARL PEARSON'S presidential address to the Anthropological Section of the British Association at the recent Cardiff meeting sounded a note of challenge which it is not usual to hear from ...
4 days ago
A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials, from Galilei to the Present Time - Nature
By the late Isaac Todhunter Edited and completed for the Syndics of the University Press by Karl Pearson, M.A., Professor of Applied Mathematics, University College, London. Vol. I. Galilei ...
The New University Question - Nature
THE correspondence between Prof. Huxley and Prof. Pearson which has appeared in the Times is not pleasant reading. With infinite pains and trouble an Association had been formed to support the ...
1 day ago
Current Topics and Events - Nature
SIR FRANCIS GALTON was born on February 16, 1822, in the same year as Mendel. The Eugenics Education Society is celebrating the anniversary in a dignified way with addresses on Galton's contributions ...
The Forces of Electric Oscillations Treated According to Maxwell's Theory. by Dr. H. Hertz 1 - Nature
IT is to be noted that Hertz follows the French system of wave-lengths and periods. My elaborate attempt to evade a literal translation of Doppelpunkt was quite unnecessary. Prof. Karl Pearson ...
The Late Prof. Clifford's Papers - Nature
Just before the recent Easter holidays Prof. Karl Pearson returned to me a few pages of manuscript bearing on the International Scientific Series volume which I had lent him, and with them he ...
A Periodical for Statistical Biologists 1 - Nature
The methods of investigating biological problems statistically may be looked upon as having their origin in this country, and the names of the editorial staff are those of the pioneers in this ...
The Skull of Lord Darnley1 - Nature
IN the year 1869 Mr. J. W. Belt presented to the Royal College of Surgeons a skull—minus a mandible—and a thigh bone, believed by the donor to be those of Lord Darnley. Darnley at the time of ...
Social Science in the Gap between the Royal Society and the British Academy - Nature
To which of the two above-named august institutions should research workers in social science look up for recognition, guidance, grants-in-aid, expert criticism, and publication? The recent ...
View all
English mathematician, biometrician, and eugenicist
Karl Pearson FRS FRSE (born Carl Pearson; 27 March 1857 – 27 April 1936) was an English eugenicist, mathematician, and biostatistician. He has been credited with establishing the d... Wikipedia