Karl Pearson
Karl Pearson
Karl Pearson FRSwas an influential English mathematician and biostatistician. He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics, and contributed significantly to the field of biometrics, meteorology, theories of social Darwinism and eugenics. Pearson was also a protégé and biographer of Sir Francis Galton...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMathematician
Date of Birth27 March 1857
Karl Pearson quotes about
statistics grammar
Statistics is the grammar of science.
investing records roulette
The record of a month's roulette playing at Monte Carlo can afford us material for discussing the foundations of knowledge.
scientific-method way gains
There is no shortcut to truth, no way to gain knowledge of the universe except through the gateway of the scientific method.
encouragement hard-work goes-on
Medals are great encouragement to young men and lead them to feel their work is of value, I remember how keenly I felt this when in the 1890s. I received the Darwin Medal and the Huxley Medal. When one is old, one wants no encouragement and one goes on with one's work to the extent of one's power, because it has become habitual.