Florence Nightingale David

A Passionate Probabilist, Statistician, Historian, and Leader
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-77767-7
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 201 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 618 g

This book examines Florence Nightingale David's life, contributions, and relationships throughout her life, as well as her subsequent legacy. Florence Nightingale David (1909-1993) was the first woman professor in the world's first academic statistics department, served in various British ministries during the war from 1939-1945, and was one of the first women to chair a statistics department in a research university.

In this biography, the life stories of David are used as a vehicle to explore a variety of questions surrounding culture and engagement in the statistical sciences.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Golbeck, Amanda L.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Part I At the Glass Ceiling.- Chapter 1 Deserving (1955-1957).- Part II Up the Hill.- Chapter 2 Growing (1909-1928).- Chapter 3 Learning (1928-1931).- Part III In the Trenches.- Chapter 4 Rising (1931-1938).- Chapter 5 Serving (1939-1946).- Part IV Up the Ladder.- Chapter 6 Renewing (1946-1957).- Chapter 7 Transitioning (1957-1967).- Part V In the New World.- Chapter 8 Arriving (1967-1974).- Chapter 9 Leading (1973-1977).- Part VI Down the Memory Lane.- Chapter 10 Remembering.- Chapter 11 Ending (1977-8).- Part VII Over the Lifetime.- Chapter 12 Summarizing.

Über Autor(innen)

Amanda L. Golbeck is a statistician, social scientist, and academic leader. She is currently Professor of Biostatistics and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Golbeck is also Professor Emerita of Statistics and Data Science at San Diego State University. She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute, a past-president of the Caucus for Women in Statistics, and a former Fulbright Specialist to the University of Latvia at Riga. Dr. Golbeck has over 130 publications in medical sciences and history of science and is best known for her books, Leadership in Statistics and Data Science (Springer 2021), Leadership and Women in Statistics (edited with I. Olkin and Y. Gel, Chapman and Hall/CRC), and Equivalence: Elizabeth L. Scott at Berkeley (Chapman and Hall/CRC).