nice idea to collect Fisher's famous works
580552
After pioneering a theory of mathematical statistics with his important works in the 1920s he published Statistical Methods for Research Workers to teach the method of maximum likelihood, significance testing and distribution theory.  The Design of Experiments was the first book on experimental design.  Fisher developed the principles of randomization and the analysis of variance.  As a geneticist good scientific  experimentation was important to him.  He explains the principles beautifully through the lady tasting tea example.  See also the wonderful book by Salsburg with that title.  It gives a wonderful account of experimental design and Fisher's contributions to it.  The third book is of lesser importance in my opinion and is a treatise about Fisher's philosophy about statistical inference and the scientific method.

I have my own copy of Design of Experiments and I believe these books are still in print individually.  But it seems to me to be valuable to have them bound together in a single volume.
3268171
Really good photos of the collection.  It's helpful to have the pictures all in one place for when I want to consult it for some reason.
1264324
Some great works of art from many artists, nice addition to my journaling library
and some good ideas to glean from. Well packaged and arrived on time.
4323659
This was a nice way to teach my children the names and works of famous authors. They still play the games (a few years later) and enjoy it. Great learning experience for this family!
3023117
This is a great companion to the book by Marlene Blessing et al as it shows what else you can do with the wide variety of freshwater pearls available today!  There is a good range of simple projects as well as more challenging  ones.  The tools are well illustrated.  Altogether this is a good introduction to the craft as well as a useful source book for the more advanced.
433463
This is really money well spent if you are interested in the topic; there's a original sized picture of each work together with a brief description.
4644712
this is a book written by William Gosline an expert on Fish morphology and a previous professor of mine.  I am glad to ad this to my professional collection.
1122435
This wonderful book is full of many beautiful and inspiring images. Paintings, drawings, lithographs, silkscreen, photographs, among other mediums hold the thoughts of artists such as Pollock, Warhol, Matisse and  others. A truly wonderful little collection of ideas.
3070973
This is a lovely hardback book, a worthwhile addition to coffee-table collections as well as one artists will treasure.
2394683
Lovely illustrations to go with these classic tales.
4790326
The best thing about this book is the abundance of pictures and maps. Most of the stories are illustrated with drawings, paintings, photographs, and old maps from a variety of libraries and museums. I especially appreciated the many maps - every time I found myself thinking, "I need a map," the map I needed was within a page or two. Another plus for the book is that most of the individual stories are interesting and quick reads.

However, this is not a very cohesive collection. The fact that the ocean figures into each story in some way is not sufficient to provide a common thread capable of linking, for example, Cortes's conquest of Mexico to the Exxon Valdez. Further, the connection of many of the stories to a theme of "conquest of the ocean" is tenuous, in my opinion. Another negative, for me, is that the individual stories are so superficial. Certainly much of that can be blamed on the fact that each story is very short, no more than a few pages, but a bit more detail and depth could easily have been included.

I see this book as being most suitable for middle and high school readers. It would be a good addition to a school library. It would also serve as a great resource for homeschoolers. This book would be an excellent starting point for more in-depth study projects on things that capture a student's interest. For me, this is the kind of book I will leave on the coffee table, where I can pick it up and read a randomly selected story when I need to fill a few minutes while waiting to do something else.
3197547
This book has a nice collection! I haven't read all of. The ones I did read are great and I recognized several good ones. It's meant to be a Christmas gift to my grandfather so I really only opened it to see if he'll like it. I think he'll be really happy with it and I'm excited for him to open it. I might even buy myself a copy!
4948259
A nice book with a great collection of Gottlieb images, which is what I bought it for.  I haven't read much of it yet, but the text looks worth reading for details about the artists life and work.
4593871
I saw this collection at work. One of my co-workers brought it in for people to view. I would love to own one of these collections myself. It is a great collection that I can show to my kids and grandkids.
3151702
Nice collection at a good price.  My grandson loved the first book.  I thought it would be nice to have the whole collection.
3787599
I like the book. It's easy to read and has done very well to put very famous artists in it.
3523138
I bought this book used for a couple of bucks and found it to be well worth the small investment. The descriptions are good, the illustrations are okay. If you fish this is a good go-to source for fish identification and information. As a fisherman you can live without it, but this book will allow you to grow somewhat.