books.google.com - This magnificent book is the first comprehensive history of statistics from its beginnings around 1700 to its emergence as a distinct and mature discipline around 1900.Stephen M. Stigler shows how statistics arose from the interplay of mathematical concepts and the needs of several applied sciences including...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_history_of_statistics.html?id=M7yvkERHIIMC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe history of statistics
