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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Bradley Efron

Title:

Max H. Stein Professor of Humanities and Sciences

Affiliation:

Stanford University

Sequoia Hall, 390 Serra Mall

Stanford,California 94305 USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Mathematics and Computer Science

Award Year:

2005

Citation:

"For his contributions to theoretical and applied statistics, especially the bootstrap sampling technique; for his extraordinary geometric insight into nonlinear statistical problems; and for applications in medicine, physics, and astronomy."

Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.

 

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