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Simon Rosenbaum (statistician)
Simon Rosenbaum Bachelor of Science, B.Sc. (born 1877) was a British academic active in the early twentieth century, whose major field of study was statistics. He is perhaps best known today for an editing a collection of essays entitled ''Against Home Rule: The Case for Union'', which was first published in 1912 at the height of the crisis over Irish Home Rule. Contributors to this work included Arthur Balfour, Austen Chamberlain, and Leo Amery. Partial bibliography Books *''Against Home Rule: The Case for Union''. Kennikat Press, 1912. Journal articles *"A Contribution to the Study of the Vital and Other Statistics of the Jews in the United Kingdom" in ''Journal of the Royal Statistical Society'', Vol. 68, No. 3. (September, 1905), pp. 526–562. *"Food Taxation in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States" in ''Journal of the Royal Statistical Society'', Vol. 71, No. 2. (June, 1908), pp. 319–365. *"The General Election of January, 1910, and the Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachelor Of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of London in 1860. In the United States, the Lawrence Scientific School first conferred the degree in 1851, followed by the University of Michigan in 1855. Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, who was Harvard's Dean of Sciences, wrote in a private letter that "the degree of Bachelor of Science came to be introduced into our system through the influence of Louis Agassiz, who had much to do in shaping the plans of this School." Whether Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degrees are awarded in particular subjects varies between universities. For example, an economics student may graduate as a Bachelor of Arts in one university but as a Bachelor of Science in another, and occasionally, both options are offered. Some universities follow the Oxford a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
