Geek Fact for April 27th

By Judy Novotny / 04/27/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1936, mathematician Karl Pearson died.

Karl Pearson was a leading founder of the modern field of statistics. Teaching graphical methods at University College in London formed the basis for his original interest in statistics.

Learn more at http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/448102/Karl-Pearson

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.