Robert R. Sokal
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Robert Sokal | |
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| Born | January 13, 1926 St. John's College |
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| Institutions | Stony Brook University |
| Doctoral advisor | Alfred E. Emerson |
| Doctoral students | Marie-Josée Fortin |
Robert Reuven Sokal (January 13, 1926 in
Peter H. A. Sneath.[2]
Life
Robert Sokal was born in 1926 in a
dissertation committee. Sokal developed an interest for statistics
and quantitative biology.
In 1959, Sokal moved to the
Luca Cavalli-Sforza
, Sokal pioneered the comparative study of linguistic and genetic variation.
Awards and honors
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1983
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1986
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 1975, 1983
- Member, United States National Academy of Sciences, 1987
- Doctor of Science (honorary), University of Crete, Iraklion, 1990
- Distinguished Statistical Ecologist Award, International Association for Ecology, 1994
- Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 2004
Works
Selected scientific bibliography (original articles)
- Sokal, Michener (1958). "A statistical method for evaluating systematic relationships". University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 38: 1409–1438.
- Sokal R.R. (1988) "Genetic, geographic, and linguistic distances in Europe." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 85:1722-1726.
- Barbujani G. and Sokal R.R. (1990) "Zones of sharp genetic change in Europe are also linguistic boundaries." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 87:1816-1819.
- Sokal RR, Oden NL, Wilson C. (1991) "Genetic evidence for the spread of agriculture in Europe by demic diffusion." Nature 351:143-145.
- Chen J, Sokal RR, Ruhlen M. (1995) "Worldwide analysis of genetic and linguistic relationships of human populations." Human Biology 67:595-612.
- Barbujani G, Sokal RR, Oden NL. (1995) "Indo-European origins: a computer-simulation test of five hypotheses." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 96:109-132.
- Sokal R.R., Oden N.L., Rosenberg M.S., Thomson B.A.(2000) "Cancer incidences in Europe related to mortalities, and ethnohistoric, genetic, and geographic distances." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 97:6067-6072.
Selected scientific bibliography (books)
- Sokal R.R. and Sneath P.H.E. (1963) Principles of Numerical Taxonomy. Freeman & Co., San Francisco
- Sneath P.H.E. and Sokal R.R. (1973) Principles of Numerical Taxonomy. Freeman & Co., San Francisco
- Sokal R.R. and Rohlf F.J. (1987) Introduction to Biostatistics. Freeman & Co., New York ISBN 978-0-7167-1805-5
- Sokal R.R. and Rohlf F.J. (2012) Biometry. 4th ed. Freeman & Co., New York ISBN 978-0-7167-8604-7
See also
References
- ^ Felsenstein, Joe (2012-04-17). "Robert R. Sokal (1926-2012) - The Panda's Thumb". Pandasthumb.org. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- S2CID 19797169.
Further reading
- Stefan Schomann: Letzte Zuflucht Schanghai. Die Liebesgeschichte von Robert Reuven Sokal und Julie Chenchu Yang. München: Heyne 2008. ISBN 978-3-453-64525-7)
- David L. Hull: Science as a Process. An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1988. ISBN 978-0-226-36051-5
External links
- Oral history interview with Robert Sokal, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive
- National Academy Member Profile
- Michael A. Bell. "ROBERT REUVEN SOKAL: 1926–2012" (PDF). Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- Guido Barbujani, Walking with Robert Sokal, Human Biology, 84(5):481-8 (October 2012)
- Douglas J. Futuyma, Robert R. Sokal (1926–2012), Science, 336:816 (18 May 2012)
- Michael Bell, Robert Reuven Sokal, 1926-2012, Evolutionary Anthropology, 21:87–88 (2012), on Wiley Online Library
- University obituaries: Robert R. Sokal, The University of Chicago Magazine, Jul-Aug 2012
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