Gemini

About the Book

This is a fiction book about two men who are fraternal twins, and their mother. One twin is white and the other is black. They were born at the same time from the same mother, but from different fathers. They grew up together in the same household. One became a lawyer, and then Senator Barry Barnes of Pennsylvania. The other became a surgeon who researched methods for improving the treatment of atrial fibrillation.

About the Author

James Press is a retired distinguished professor of statistics from the University of California at Riverside. He wrote about 20 technical books and this is his sixth non-technical book. He has held professional positions at The University of Chicago, Stanford University, Yale University, University College London, London School of Economics, University of British Columbia,University of California at Los Angeles, and University of California at Riverside. He worked professionally at the US Bureau of the Census, and consulted at The Rand Corp. for about 30 years. He was President of Statistical Analysis Inc., a statistical consulting company.