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Epi Wit & Wisdom Resources
On “Best Books” (3 of 3)
Dear Sir:
At morning coffee, I was
complaining about the difficulties of definition implied in the term
“best books,” when a colleague replied “suppose a fire broke out in
your office right now, which books would you grab--that are actually
on your shelves?” This was, I thought interesting, and I went and had
a look. There are two groups of five:
A. Books I use and need
currently.
1) Theoretical Epidemiology,
Miettinen, O.
2) Case-Control Studies,
Schlesselman, J. J.
3) Cancer Epidemiology,
Schottenfeld, D. & Fraumeni
4) Case-Control Studies,
Breslow & Day
5) Epidemiologic Research,
Kleinbaum et al.
B. Books I don't use but
would hate to lose.
1) History of Poliomyelitis,
Paul, J.
2) Statistics in Medical
Research, Armitage, P.
3) Epidemiology, McMahon &
Pugh
4) Logic of Scientific
Discovery, Popper, K.
5) Principles of Medical
Statistics, A. Bradford-Hill.
David Christie
Published July 1986
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