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Karl Pearson

Socialism: In Theory and Practice
This is the transcript of a speech made to a working class audience in 1884 by Karl Pearson, F.R.S., Professor of Applied Mathematics at University College, London.
by Karl Pearson (pictured)
DURING THE PAST YEAR there was a great deal of discussion in the newspapers — and out of them –concerning…

National Life – From the Standpoint of Science
This is a slightly abridged transcript of a lecture delivered in Newcastle on 19th November, 1900, to the members of the Literary and Philosophical Society by Karl Pearson, F.R.S. (pictured), Professor of Applied Mathematics at University College, London.
Karl Pearson was a polymath, born…