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"""No novelist would dare invent so unlikely a rascal as William Playfair: engineer, businessman, pamphleteer, scam-artist, jailbird, and, eventually, pauper, but also the inventor of techniques for the graphical presentation of statistics that are still in widespread use. Bellhouse's biography is simultaneously erudite history of science and highly entertaining reading. Strongly recommended, and not just to academics."" - David Laidler, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Western University ""The work is a careful, complete, and compelling biography of William Playfair. With captivating presentation, Bellhouse masterfully melds the historical details crucial for the scholar with the narrative required by a lay reader. This book will be the definitive biography of an important and fascinating character."" - Howard Wainer, statistician and author of A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication ""William Playfair's character and accomplishments beyond his famous graphics come vividly to the fore in this attractively illustrated biography. Bellhouse's exacting research reveals in forensic detail the nature of this enigmatic figure and the political and financial currents that shaped him."" - Stephen M. Stigler, Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Statistics, University of Chicago"

"""William Playfair's character and accomplishments beyond his famous graphics come vividly to the fore in this attractively illustrated biography. Bellhouse's exacting research reveals in forensic detail the nature of this enigmatic figure and the political and financial currents that shaped him."" --Stephen M. Stigler, Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Statistics, University of Chicago ""No novelist would dare invent so unlikely a rascal as William Playfair: engineer, businessman, pamphleteer, scam-artist, jailbird, and, eventually, pauper, but also the inventor of techniques for the graphical presentation of statistics that are still in widespread use. Bellhouse's biography is simultaneously erudite history of science and highly entertaining reading. Strongly recommended, and not just to academics."" --David Laidler, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Western University ""The work is a careful, complete, and compelling biography of William Playfair. With captivating presentation, Bellhouse masterfully melds the historical details crucial for the scholar with the narrative required by a lay reader. This book will be the definitive biography of an important and fascinating character."" --Howard Wainer, statistician and author of A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication"

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David R. Bellhouse is a professor emeritus in the Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences at Western University.

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