TY - BOOK AU - Gumbel,Emil Julius TI - Statistics of extremes AV - QA276 .G82 U1 - 311.2 PY - 1958/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Maxima and minima N2 - Indisputably recognized as a classic in its field, Statistics of Extremes was the first book to exclusively evaluate the relevance of maximum and minimum (extreme) values. More than fifty years after publication, it remains relevant and helpful to the contemporary work of statisticians, engineers, and scientists. In this far-sighted and important work, Gumbel explains the applications of statistical extremes and reinforces its main ideas with generalized exercises ER -