Collected works, 1947-, / I.J. Good.

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Collected works, 1947-, / I.J. Good.

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University Distinguished Professor of Statistics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1967- ). Born in 1916 ; educated at Cambridge University (Ph. D., mathematics, 1941 ; Sc. D., 1963) and Oxford University (D. Sc., 1964). Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and distinguished member of the Crypto - Mathematics Institute. Author of The scientist speculates : an anthology of partly-baked ideas (1963) and Good thinking : the foundations of probability and its applications (1983). Papers consist of photocopied articles, reviews, interviews, correspondence and lectures.

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Good, Irving John.

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Irving John Good (December 9, 1916-April 5, 2009) was an Emeritus University Distinguished Professor of Statistics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Educated at Cambridge University (Ph.D., mathematics, 1941; Sc.D., 1963) and Oxford University (D.Sc., 1964), Good went on to work with Alan Turing breaking German naval ciphers from 1941-1943. Following World War II, Good taught at Manchester University and Oxford University until 1967 when he moved to the United States. From ...