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Herbert Robbins papers, 1940s-2001
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Biographical NoteRobbins developed several widely used statistical techniques and is best known for the book ''What Is Mathematics?'' which
he wrote with the mathematician Richard Courant. Published in 1941, the book was praised by Albert Einstein. It surveyed a
wide range of advanced mathematics in a manner understandable to nonmathematicians.
Scope and ContentsThis collection consists of the papers of Herbert E. Robbins (1915-2001), Professor of Mathematical Statistics at Columbia
University.
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