1. The lady tasting tea -- 2. The skew distributions -- 3. That dear Mr. Gosset -- 4. Raking over the muck heap -- 5. "Studies in crop variation" -- 6. "The hundred-year flood" -- 7. Fisher triumphant -- 8. The dose that kills -- 9. The bell-shaped curve -- 10. Testing the goodness of fit -- 11. Hypothesis testing -- 12. The confidence trick -- 13. The Bayesian theory -- 14. The Mozart of mathematics -- 15. The worm's eye view -- 16. Doing away with parameters -- 17. When part is better than the whole -- 18. Does smoking cause cancer? -- 19. If you want the best person... -- 20. Just a plain Texas farm boy -- 21. A genius in the family -- 22. The Picasso of statistics -- 23. Dealing with contamination -- 24. The man who remade industry -- 25. Advice from the lady in black -- 26. The march of the Martingales -- 27. The intent to treat -- 28. The computer turns upon itself -- 29. The idol with feet of clay.