Not everyone depicted on currency is a dead white politician!

This 10-mark note (obsolete, since Germany now uses the Euro) came from the Deutsche Bundesbank website. Note the bell-shaped curve visible in the background. This is none other than the famous Gaussian curve, a.k.a. the normal curve.

Inside joke for STAtistics students only: What’s that five o’clock shadow on his face called? Submit answer via e-mail.

 


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Last updated: 07 Sep 2008