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Age in medieval plagues and pandemics: Dances of Death or Pearson's bridge of life?

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Hanley, J; Turner, E
Published in: Significance
June 1, 2010

Death has long obsessed humanity. In times of plague and pandemic even more so. Medieval man saw four horsemen of the apocalypse, and of them, Death by disease was gathering the greatest harvest. How randomly did he gather? And how random is the death toll in later pandemics?. James Hanley and Elizabeth Turner look at Karl Pearson's visualisations of mortality. © 2010 The Royal Statistical Society.

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Significance

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1740-9713

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1740-9705

Publication Date

June 1, 2010

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7

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2

Start / End Page

85 / 87

Related Subject Headings

  • Statistics & Probability
  • 4905 Statistics
  • 0104 Statistics
 

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Hanley, J., & Turner, E. (2010). Age in medieval plagues and pandemics: Dances of Death or Pearson's bridge of life? Significance, 7(2), 85–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2010.00426.x
Hanley, J., and E. Turner. “Age in medieval plagues and pandemics: Dances of Death or Pearson's bridge of life?Significance 7, no. 2 (June 1, 2010): 85–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2010.00426.x.
Hanley J, Turner E. Age in medieval plagues and pandemics: Dances of Death or Pearson's bridge of life? Significance. 2010 Jun 1;7(2):85–7.
Hanley, J., and E. Turner. “Age in medieval plagues and pandemics: Dances of Death or Pearson's bridge of life?Significance, vol. 7, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 85–87. Scopus, doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2010.00426.x.
Hanley J, Turner E. Age in medieval plagues and pandemics: Dances of Death or Pearson's bridge of life? Significance. 2010 Jun 1;7(2):85–87.
Journal cover image

Published In

Significance

DOI

EISSN

1740-9713

ISSN

1740-9705

Publication Date

June 1, 2010

Volume

7

Issue

2

Start / End Page

85 / 87

Related Subject Headings

  • Statistics & Probability
  • 4905 Statistics
  • 0104 Statistics