The history of statistics
by Stephen M. Stigler · first published 1986
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If you really want to do linear regression by hand, check out Chapter 1 of Stephen Stigler's History of Statistics: https://www.amazon.com/History-Statistics-Measurement-Uncert.... You can do least squares on astronomical data the way Legendre did it.
on “Linear regression by hand” ↗…discriminant analysis, a method that is still popular in a variety of circles) was introduced in 1936. One could argue that there were statistical works addressing this at even earlier time frames - see e.g "The History of Statistics" by Stigler that focuses on linear regression, a method with at least 250 years of history. Popular methods like nearest neighbor date to at least the 1970's. Even the "revolutionary" deep learning paradigm…
on “Sputtering Startups Weigh on U.S. Economic Growth” ↗…mathematical: https://archive.org/details/ofmathemahistory00todhrich Ian Hacking has two books, he is a philosopher, accordingly they have a broader outlook: "The Taming of Chance" "The Emergence of Probability" Stephen Stigler's "The History of Statistics" seems to be the most popular history of statistics.
on “Ask HN: Good long form presentation of the history of probability theory” ↗