Probability and Statistics Books That I Gave Away

Now that I’m retired and my interests are shifting away from science and mathematics, I’m reducing my book collection. It makes me sad, but I need to downsize my possessions. I gave away the following excellent books left over from my statistics and probability courses.

A First Course in Probability, Sixth Edition
by Sheldon Ross
Prentice Hall
2002

Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, Sixth Edition
by Robert V. Hogg, Joseph W. McKean, and Allen T. Craig
Pearson Prentice Hall
2005

John E. Freund’s Mathematical Statistics with Applications, Seventh Edition
by Irwin Miller and Marylees Miller
Pearson Prentice Hall
2004

Introduction to Probability, Second Edition
by Charles M. Grinstead and J. Laurie Snell
American Mathematical Society
1997

I used these books when I took two upper division undergraduate courses in probability and statistics at Boston University more than twenty years ago. The professor was an interesting guy whose regular job was professor of statistics at U. Mass. Dartmouth. I really enjoyed those courses, and I used the books for reference in my job as a bioinformatics scientist, data manager, and data analyst.

I took these books to the Little Libraries installed by the Kendall Square Association near MIT, where books like these disappear very quickly. I have made some good finds in these book boxes. See Little Libraries and Book Exchange.

Kendall Square in Cambridge Massachusetts, where I worked for many years, is touted by the Kendall Square Association as “the most innovative square mile on the planet.” In my opinion, this is true. The research group I was a member of was very innovative, and my former employer is still benefiting from our work. I still miss my job.