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Aristotle and Earthquake Data: A Historical Note

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  • Spyros Missiakoulis

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The earliest known written work on earthquake theory was written by Aristotle (c. 330 B.C.). Aristotle had collected a lot of earthquake data and therefore we assume (or rather speculate) he had to organize, to classify and to summarize them in order to use and describe them in his work. With respect to the history of Statistics, the Aristotelian text on earthquake theory is probably the earliest written application of statistical tables on collected data. Le tout premier travail écrit qu'on connaît sur la théorie de tremblement de terre, a étéécrit par Aristote (330 avant J.C.). Aristote avait rassemblé beaucoup de données sur le tremblement de terre, donc nous supposons (ou plutôt spéculons) qu' il devait les organiser, classifier et résumer afin de les employer et les décrire dans son travail. En ce qui concerne l'histoire des statistiques, le texte aristotélicien sur la théorie de tremblement de terre est probablement la toute première application écrite sur les tableaux statistiques des données rassemblées.

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  • Spyros Missiakoulis, 2008. "Aristotle and Earthquake Data: A Historical Note," International Statistical Review, International Statistical Institute, vol. 76(1), pages 130-133, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:istatr:v:76:y:2008:i:1:p:130-133
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2007.00040.x
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