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RefNoRR/15/370
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by William Burnside, on a paper 'Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution. XI. On the influence of natural selection on the variability and correlation of organs' by Karl Pearson
DateFebruary 1902
DescriptionSectional Committee: Mathematics

He declines to act as a referee as he is 'quite unable to understand it'. He has explained this at greater length in the accompanying letter to the Chairman of the Mathematical Committee [not attached].

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1903].
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionStandardised form (type A)
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rsta.1903.0001
RelatedRecordRR/15/369
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6254Burnside; William (1852 - 1927)1852 - 1927
NA8002Pearson; Karl (1857 - 1936); statistician and eugenicist1857 - 1936
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