This book celebrates over fifty years of developments in the field of biometry. It reviews major achievements and techniques in the mathematical and statistical aspects of biology and covers branches of statistical methodology which have played a central role in different fields of biology and medicine.

This book celebrates over fifty years of developments in the field of biometry. It reviews major achievements and techniques in the mathematical and statistical aspects of biology and covers branches of statistical methodology which have played a central role in different fields of biology and medicine.

Partial table of contents:
The Roads Traveled: Our 50--Year Journey (L. Billard).
The Teaching of Biometry (P. Dagnelie).
Linear Models 1945--1995 (S. Searle ~amp
C. McCulloch).
Multivariate and Multidimensional Analysis (J. Gower).
Statistical Computing (J. Nelder).
Biometric Advances in Infectious Disease Epidemiology (K. Dietz).
Spatial Analysis in Biometry (P. Diggle).
A Review of Image Analysis in Biometry (C. Glasbey ~amp
M. Berman).
Clinical Trials: A Statistician's Perspective (S. Pocok).
Indexes.