Name Theodore Porter | Role Author | |
Education Princeton University (1977–1981), Stanford University Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada Books Trust in Numbers, The rise of statistical thinking, Karl Pearson | ||
Theodore M. Porter is a professor who specializes in the history of science in the Department of History at UCLA. He has authored several books, including The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900; and Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life. His most recent book, published by Princeton University Press in 2004, is Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age. Dr. Porter graduated from Stanford University with an A.B. in history in 1976 and earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1981. In 2008, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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