There's a good book on the subject, "The theory that would not die", which covers the history and sheds some light on the people (Fisher, Laplace, Bayes, Pearso

There's a good book on the subject, "The theory that would not die", which covers the history and sheds some light on the people (Fisher, Laplace, Bayes, Pearson) behind the names. Reviewed: http://www.ams.org/notices/201205/rtx120500657p.pdf http://www.ams.org/notices/201205/rtx120500657p.pdf