Karl Pearson

Born in London in 1857, Karl Pearson was Scholar and Fellow
of King's College, Cambridge; Professor of Applied Mathe-
matics and Mechanics in 1884, and first Galton Professor of
National Eugenics in 1911, both appointments being in the
University of London and at University College. The first
edition of The Grammar of Science was published in 1892;
revised in 1900; and published in a final edition in 1911.
Karl Pearson died in 1936.

Meridian Books Library Edition first published September 1957
First printing August 1957

Introduction copyright 1957 by Meridian Books, Inc.

Library of Congress catalog number: 57-10844

Manufactured in The United States of America

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