Brian Whatcott (2006), in his brief Phys-L post 05 Aug 2006 titled
"Mosteller In Memoriam," quoted the short 158-word "Time notice, Aug
7th" regarding Mosteller.
For a more detailed 941-word homage to Mosteller see "Mathematical
Theorist Frederick Mosteller," by Adam Bernstein (2006) in the
Washington Post of 25 July 2006, online at <http://tinyurl.com/po4go>.
Among Mosteller's recent stellar contributions of to education
research were "Why We Need a Structured Abstract in Education
Research [Mosteller et al. (2004)], and "Evidence Matters: Randomized
Trials in Education Research" [Mosteller & Boruch (2002)].
Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi>
Mosteller, F. B. Nave, & E.J. Miech. 2004. "Why We Need a Structured
Abstract in Education Research," Educational Researcher 33(1): 29-34;
online at <http://www.aera.net/publications/?id=332>.
Mosteller, F. & R. Boruch, eds. 2002. "Evidence Matters: Randomized
Trials in Education Research". Brookings Institution. Amazon.com
information at <http://tinyurl.com/f7eoy>.