Preamble ; Preface to the Great Minds in Finance Series; Contents; About the Author; List of Figures; Part 1: Mathematicians and Astronomers; 1: The Early Life ofßCarl Friedrich Gauss; The Arrival ofßCarl Gauss; 2: The Times ofßCarl Friedrich Gauss; The Creation ofßComplex Numbers; Notes; 3: Carl Gauss' Great Idea; The Normal Distribution; Notes; 4: The Later Years andßLegacy ofßCarl Friedrich Gauss; Note; Part 2: From Least Squares to Eugenics; 5: The Early Life ofßFrancis Galton; The Arrival ofßFrancis Galton; 6: The Times ofßFrancis Galton; Note.

7: The Later Life andßLegacy ofßSir Francis Galton8: The Early Life ofßKarl Pearson; The Arrival ofßCarl Pearson; 9: Karl Pearson's Great Idea; Note; 10: The Later Life andßLegacy ofßKarl Pearson; Note; Part 3: The Formation of Modern Statistics; 11: The Early Life ofßRonald Aylmer Fisher; The Arrival ofßRonald Fisher; Note; 12: The Times ofßRonald Aylmer Fisher; Notes; 13: Ronald Fisher's Great Idea; The Method ofßLeast Squares; Notes; 14: Later Life andßLegacy ofßRonald Fisher; Notes; 15: The Early Life ofßHarold Hotelling; The Arrival ofßHarold Hotelling; Note.

16: The Times ofßHarold Hotelling Notes; 17: Harold Hotelling's Great Idea; 18: The Later Life andßLegacy ofßHarold Hotelling; Notes; Part 4: The Birth of a Commission and Econometrics; 19: The Early Life ofßAlfred Cowles III; The Arrival ofßAlfred Cowles III; 20: The Times ofßAlfred Cowles III; 21: The Great Idea ofßAlfred Cowles III; Note; 22: Legacy andßLater Life ofßAlfred Cowles III; Notes; 23: The Early Life ofßRagnar Frisch; The Arrival ofßRagnar Frisch; 24: The Times ofßRagnar Frisch; Notes; 25: Ragnar Frisch's Great Idea; Notes; 26: Legacy andßLater Life ofßRagnar Frisch.

27: The Early Years ofßTrygve Haavelmo The Arrival ofßTrygve Haavelmo; 28: The Times ofßTrygve Haavelmo; Note; 29: Haavelmo's Great Idea; Notes; 30: Legacy andßLater Life ofßTrygve Haavelmo; Notes; Part 5: What We Have Learned; 31: Conclusions; Glossary; Index.