1 “...This book was written to myself at about the time I began graduate studies in anthropology-the sort...”

2 “... Banach spaces, in relation with the geometry of those spaces, began in the 1950's and developed strongly...”

3 “...Before writing the graphics for SYSTAT in the 1980's, I began by teaching a seminar in statistical...”

4 “...The idea of this book began with an invitation to give a course at the Third Chilean Winter School...”

5 “... entire subject considered there. I then began preparing for the neces­ sary mathematics to appreciate...”

6 “... over a period of eight to nine years. It began as a joint venture, but pressure of other work made...”

7 “.... H -control theory began in the early eighties as an attempt to lay down rigorous foundations...”

8 “... until surprisingly recently that mankind began to try to understand the physics behind these data...”

9 “... began to produce experimental data at an unprecedented pace, it become clear that mathematical models...”

10 “... began evolving to its current status as a valued and respected health profession. From its birth...”

11 “..., began about thirty years ago with research in two related areas: limit theorems for sums of independent...”

12 “.... At this point the mass media began carrying reports inter­ preting the differences. The Reagan White House...”

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14 “... could not be accommodated in this volume. Born in Nagoya in 1909, Professor Yamada began his brilliant...”

15 “... Herbert A. David, also known as Herb and H.A. among his friends, colleagues and students. When we began...”

16 “...About 10 years ago I began studying evaluations of distributions of or­ der statistics from samples...”

17 “...Toward the late 1990s, several research groups independently began developing new, related theories...”

18 “... Gupta began in 1978 when he started his research in the area of order statistics. During the past twenty...”

19 “...The theory of probability began in the seventeenth century with attempts to calculate the odds...”

20 “... quarter of our century, we can say that Statistical Extremes emer­ ged in the last half-century. It began...”