Modern Statistical Methods and Theory by Richard J Samworth

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Modern Statistical Methods and Theory by Richard J Samworth

When the Holy Family fled to Egypt to escape the wrath of King Herod Antipas, they journeyed for three years throughout Egypt, mainly along the Nile, to keep Herod's agents at bay. Using an ancient 4th century text written by Patriarch Theophilus of Alexandria as his guide, Cowan takes the reader on a fascinating journey through modern-day Egypt in the footsteps of the Holy Family, about the Delta region and up the Nile to a place called Mount Qussqam, where Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus resided for six months. The itinerary, according to Coptic tradition, was revealed to Theophilus in a dream.

Documenting his journey, Cowan finds himself in the midst of a spiritual revolution going on in Egypt itself. He meets with monks and health workers, desert mystics and visionaries, all of whom have a stake in the story of the Holy Family's journey, as they know it. Through their eyes the reader is drawn into a dramatic story of escape and miraculous interventions.

Richard J. Samworth is Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Cambridge. Among other honours, he received the COPSS Presidents' Award (2018), was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (2021) and was awarded the David Cox Medal for Statistics (2025). He served as co-editor of 'The Annals of Statistics' (2019–2021) and is President-Elect of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Rajen D. Shah is Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge. He was awarded the Royal Statistical Society Research Prize (2017) and its Guy Medal in Bronze (2022), and he was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2025). He serves as Associate Editor for the 'Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B', 'The Annals of Statistics' and 'Biometrika'.
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ISBN 13 9781009160438
Title Modern Statistical Methods and Theory
Author Richard J Samworth
Series Cambridge Series In Statistical And Probabilistic Mathematics
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2026-07-31
Number of pages 450
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