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CCMS Colloquium: Jemma Lorenat (Pitzer)
November 7 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
CCMS Colloquium invites you to a talk by Jemma Lorenat (Pitzer)
Title: Recognizing data: statistical literacies around 1900
Abstract: This talk centers on the first (and perhaps only) doctorate in the theory of correlations, granted by University College London in 1899 to Alice Lee. The production and reception of Lee’s research sheds light on the varieties of statistical literacies around 1900.
Bio: Jemma Lorenat is a historian of mathematics at Pitzer College. She spends a great deal of time thinking about the history and future of statistical literacies. She also loves conic sections and (some) other algebraic curves.
