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	John Tukey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Wilder Tukey (June 16, 1915 - July 26, 2000) was a statistician born in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
		Tukey obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1936 and a Master of Science degree in chemistry in 1937 from Brown University before moving to Princeton University to study for his doctorate in mathematics.
		Tukey used the term "software" in a computing context in a 1958 article and this may have been the first published use.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_W._Tukey (360 words)

	Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		John Wilder Tukey, National Medal of science winner and the statistician who coined the word "software" died July 26,2000 in New Brunswick, NJ at the age of 85.
		Tukey received his first degree, a bachelor in chemistry in 1936,and by the age of 24 held 3 graduate degrees: 1 in chemistry from Brown, and 2 graduate degrees in mathematics from Princeton.
		Tukey never left Princeton, assuming first a teaching position and by the age of 35 a full professorship at the university.
	obits.com /tukeyjohn.htm (470 words)

	BAM: Classes, September / October, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		tukey was one of the nation's most influential statisticians, but he will not be remembered for his number theories and computational models.
		Tukey's great contribution was to language: he was the man who coined the words software and bit.
		Tukey, 85, died of a heart attack on July 26 in New Brunswick, N.J. A 1973 National Medal of Science winner, he retired in 1985 as associate executive director of information research at ATandT's Bell Laboratories and as Donner Professor of Science and professor of statistics at Princeton.
	www.brown.edu /Administration/Brown_Alumni_Magazine/01/11-00/classes.farewell.html (1068 words)

	Kohler Biographies
		John Wilder Tukey was born in New Bedford, a fishing town on the southern coast of Massachusetts.
		So she started a private tutoring business and made John her prize pupil instead of sending him to public school where, she thought, "he would only get lazy." Eventually, John graduated from nearby Brown University with a degree in chemistry, followed by a graduate degree in mathematics from Princeton.
		John Tukey soon became one of the most influential statisticians of the late 20th century.
	www.swlearning.com /quant/kohler/stat/biographical_sketches/bio15.1.html (638 words)

	Tukey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		John Tukey's parents, Ralph H Tukey and Adah M Tukey, recognised that John had great potential while he was still only a child, so they arranged for him to be educated at home rather than in school.
		In fact it was John's mother Adah who undertook most of the teaching of her son since, as a married woman, she was prohibited from working as a full-time teacher in Massachusetts at that time.
		Tukey's research was supervised by Lefschetz and he received his doctorate in 1939 for a dissertation Denumerability in topology which was published in 1940 as Convergence and uniformity in topology.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Tukey.html (1484 words)

	Physics Today July 2001
		Born on 16 June 1915 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Tukey received an ScB in chemistry (1936) and an ScM in chemistry (1937) from Brown University and an MA in mathematics (1938) and a PhD in mathematics (1939) from Princeton University.
		Tukey is credited with the first printed use of the word "software" to refer to computer programs; he observed that the software might well prove to become more valuable than the hardware.
		Tukey tried to interest several of his colleagues in pursuing his notions on the redundancy in the arithmetic of the Fourier series.
	physicstoday.org /pt/vol-54/iss-7/p80.html (812 words)

	John Tukey -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		John Wilder Tukey (June 16, 1915 - July 26, 2000) was a (Someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)) statistician.
		He is particularly remembered for his development, with (additional info and facts about James Cooley) James Cooley of the (additional info and facts about Cooley-Tukey) Cooley-Tukey (additional info and facts about Fast Fourier transform) Fast Fourier transform (A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem) algorithm.
		Though he believed in the utility of separating the two types of analysis, he pointed out that sometimes, especially in (The sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena) natural science, this was problematic and termed such situations (additional info and facts about uncomfortable science) uncomfortable science.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_tukey.htm (285 words)

	Statistics
		Tukey was its (part-time) chairman from 1966 to 1969 and after an administrative review and approval of expansion, he was succeeded by Geoffrey S. Watson in 1970.
		John Hartigan returned in 1964 to help hold the fort and, after Watson's arrival, the department was strengthened by Donald McNeil (1971-1976) and Peter Bloomfield (1971, acting chairman 1976-1977) among others.
		Tukey's interest in data analysis (regarded as encompassing statistics), now that the pressure of needing to teach ``mathematics'' was removed, led first to a freshman course in Exploratory Data Analysis and then to a book (preliminary edition 1970-71, first edition 1977) emphasizing simple arithmetic and careful thinking.
	etc.princeton.edu /CampusWWW/Companion/statistics.html (753 words)

	John Wilder Tukey
		J. Tukey was born on July 16, 1915, in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
		Tukey was a key player in the formation of Princeton's Department of Statistics in 1966.
		Tukey is credited with the invention of many methods, both graphical and numerical, that are extremely effective in statistical applications.
	www.mrs.umn.edu /~sungurea/introstat/history/w98/Tukey.html (956 words)

	John Tukey in ZhurnalWiki
		Last week John W. Tukey died; he was 85 years old.
		Tukey was a Princeton professor, ostensibly a statistician, who coined the words "software" and "bit".
		A few decades later Tukey and colleagues rediscovered the FFT and realized how valuable it might be --- with the newly-developed programmable digital computers to do the arithmetic.
	zhurnal.net /ww/zw?JohnTukey (608 words)

	Obituary: John W. Tukey
		John Wilder Tukey, one of the most influential statisticians of the last 50 years, died on July 26.
		In a 1958 article in American mathematical monthly, Tukey saw that "software", as he called it, was gaining prominence.
		Tukey was also the recipient of many awards in his field.
	www.smb.org /newsletter/13.3/tukey.shtml (125 words)

	Ivars Peterson's MathTrek -Software's Origin
		Schooled in chemistry and mathematics, Tukey played a central role in the development of statistics during the middle part of the 20th century.
		John Tukey died on July 26 at the age of 85.
		Known for his penchant for coining apt words and phrases, Tukey is credited with inventing the word bit (binary digit) in 1946, and he was responsible for the first use of several terms in mathematical statistics.
	www.maa.org /mathland/mathtrek_7_31_00.html (632 words)

	College Mathematics Journal, The: MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		John W. Tukey's Contribution to Multiple Comparisons, Yoav Benjamini and Henry Braun.
		John W. Tukey's Contributions to Robust Statistics, Peter J. Huber.
		John Tukey's personal and professional contributions receive an extensive accounting in this series of memorial articles.
	www.24hourscholar.com /p/articles/mi_qa3773/is_200311/ai_n9309678 (1310 words)

	John W. Tukey's contributions to multiple comparisons, Yoav Benjamini, Henry Braun
		During the last decade of his life, Tukey again devoted substantial attention to multiplicity, experimenting with different graphical representations of multiple comparison procedures and exploring the implications of new approaches to controlling family-wise error rates.
		TUKEY, J. Reminder sheets for "Discussion of paper on multiple comparisons by Henry Scheffé." In The Collected Works of John W. Tukey VIII.
		TUKEY, J. and HEy SE, J. Testing the statistical certainty of a response to increasing doses of a drug.
	projecteuclid.org /Dienst/UI/1.0/Display/euclid.aos/1043351247 (1089 words)

	Milestones: Section 8. 1950-1974
		Tukey's stature as a statistician and the scope of his informal, robust, and graphical approach to data analysis were as influential as his graphical innovations.
		Although not published until 1977, chapters from Tukey's EDA book [261] were widely circulated as they began to appear in 1970-1972, and began to make graphical data analysis both interesting and respectable again.
		But the skills of hand-drawn maps and graphics had withered during the dormant ``modern dark ages'' of graphics (though every figure in Tukey's EDA [261] was, by intention, hand-drawn).
	www.math.yorku.ca /SCS/Gallery/milestone/sec8.html (1085 words)

	John W. Tukey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		During World War II, Tukey worked at the Fire ControlResearch Office and collaborated with Samuel Wilks and William Cochran.
		Among many contributions to civil society, Tukey served on a committeeof the American StatisticalAssociation that produced a report challenging the conclusions of the Kinsey Report, Statistical Problems of the Kinsey Report on Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.
		Though he believed in the utility of separating the two types of analysis, he pointed out that sometimes,especially in natural science, this was problematic and termed suchsituations uncomfortable science.
	www.therfcc.org /john-w.-tukey-36468.html (252 words)

	References for Tukey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		L T Fernholz, A conversation with John W Tukey, in The practice of data analysis, Princeton, NJ, 1995 (Princeton, NJ, 1997), 26-45.
		P McCullagh, John Wilder Tukey, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 49 (2003), 538-559.
		The publications and writings of John W Tukey, in In memory of John W Tukey, Ann.
	www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk /history/References/Tukey.html (366 words)

	Memories of John W. Tukey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		John W. Tukey made unparalleled contributions to statistics and to science in general, during a long career at Bell Labs and Princeton University, and as consultant to government and industry.
		John Tukey died on July 26, 2000 but his influence and contributions will continue.
		This web site is dedicated to gathering recollections and reflections on John Tukey from those who knew him and from those who would like to comment on his life or work.
	stat.bell-labs.com /who/tukey (222 words)

	John W. Tukey's work on time series and spectrum analysis, David R. Brillinger
		The contributions of John W. Tukey to time series analysis, particularly spectrum analysis, are reviewed and discussed.
		Much of Tukey's early work on spectrum analysis remained unpublished for many years, but the 1959 book by Blackman and Tukey made his approach accessible to a wide audience.
		The time series work of Tukey and others led to the appearance of kernel and nonparametric estimation in mainstream statistics and to the recognition of the consequent difficulties arising in naive uses of the techniques.
	projecteuclid.org /Dienst/UI/1.0/Display/euclid.aos/1043351248 (1140 words)

	Math Awareness Month 2000: John Tukey (People/Tukey) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		John Tukey is a pioneer in exploratory data analysis.
		John Tukey and his colleagues studied the "point clouds" that arise in such situations and manipulated them on a computer screen until patterns emerged that indicated relationships among different variables.
		Mathematics Awareness Month is sponsored each year by the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics to recognize the importance of mathematics through written materials and an accompanying poster that highlight mathematical developments and applications in a particular area.
	www.mathaware.org /mam/00/master/people/tukey (230 words)

	College Mathematics Journal, The: MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		John W. Tukey's Work on Time Series and Spectrum Analysis, David R. Brillinger.
		John W. Tukey's Work on Interactive Graphics, Jerome H. Friedmam and Werner Stuetzle.
		John W. Tukey's Contributions to Analysis of Variance, T. Speed.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3773/is_200311/ai_n9309678 (1268 words)

	A sensible alternative to a null-hypothesis test:
		An extensive rebuttal to this claim is provided by Hagen (1997), who states that “I agree that A and B will always produce differential effects on some variable or variables that theoretically could be measured.
		L., Jones, L. and Tukey, J. Controlling error in multiple comparisons, with examples from state-to-state differences in educational achievement.
		Jones, L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory, Department of Psychology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; John W. Tukey, Princeton University.
	forrest.psych.unc.edu /jones-tukey112399.html (1741 words)

	CNN.com - Professor who coined the term 'software' dies - July 28, 2000
		Tukey also is credited with coining the term "bit" -- an abbreviation of "binary digit," which describes the 1's and 0's that are the foundation of computer programs.
		Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Tukey graduated from Brown University in 1936 with a chemistry degree.
		Tukey worked as a consultant to corporations, including the Educational Testing Service, Xerox and Merck.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/TECH/computing/07/28/pioneer.death.ap (346 words)

	Iterations: An interdisciplinary journal of software history
		Memories of John W. Tukey is such a site.
		Briefly, John Tukey was a famous statistician who for most of his career held a joint appointment at Princeton University and Bell Telephone Laboratories.
		For those unfamiliar with Tukey, it can be a little difficult to get a quick sense of his achievements from the site’s homepage.
	www.cbi.umn.edu /iterations/akera.html (347 words)

	Luisa Fernholz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This talk is partially based on my unpublished joint work with John W. Tukey.
		I will discuss some of Tukey's ideas and comments on data analysis, statistics, mathematical statistics, computing, etc. In that context, I will present examples of how the interaction between statistical theory and statistical computing can be used to generate new methodologies that offer powerful tools for analyzing data.
		The multihalver examples are based on my joint work with John W. Tukey, one of his last works in statistics.
	www.stat.colostate.edu /ASA/Papers/fernholz_fall2001.html (143 words)

	Ask E.T.: John Tukey's classic paper on graphic displays now posted
		In the NEW section, John W. Tukey's classic paper "Some graphic and semigraphic displays" is now posted.
		The NEW section seems to be developing, slowly, a section on classic papers relevant to analytical design: Minard's work and life, Mosteller on classroom and platform performance, Hill on evidence for causality, and now Tukey on graphics.
		When you mention the name Tukey to me (an engineer), my reaction is "Cooley-Tukey Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm." The FFT is a computer application which has had immense impact: Used in developing audio and image processing (all your CD's, music, equalizers, etc.), in engineering analysis software, vibration analysis, electrical spectra, computer modems...
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	Encyclopedia: John W. Tukey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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	Flexagon History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Committee devised ways to make flexagons with 9, 12, 15 or 48 faces, as well as square flexagons.
		Tukey and Feynman worked out a complete mathematical theory of hexaflexagons in 1940; however, it was never published.
		Feynman also did diagrams of flexagons which were precursors of his Feynman Diagrams describing the behavior of subatomic particles.
	www.eighthsquare.com /flexhistory.html (221 words)

	Home page of Dhammika Amaratunga
		Such data arise quite naturally in genomics experiments such as those that utilize DNA microarray technology, in proteomics experiments such as those that utilize mass spectrometry, and in structure-activity relationship studies.
		Amaratunga and J. Cabrera (2003), Exploration and Analysis of DNA Microarray and Protein Array Data, New York: John Wiley.
		Amaratunga (1997), Errors-in-variables regression estimators that have high breakdown and high Gaussian efficiency, in The Practice of Data Analysis: Essays in Honor of John W. Tukey, edited by D. Brillinger, L. Fernholz and S. Morgenthaler, Princeton University Press.
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