Theodore M. Porter

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Ted Porter at the 2007 History of Science Society meeting
Ted Porter at the 2007 History of Science Society meeting

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.[1]

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  1. ^ Faculty Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences — History