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I. J. Good

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Also known as Irving John Good, Isadore Jacob Gudak, Jack Good

British statistician and cryptographer (1916–2009)

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  • Good Thinking
  • Information Weight Of Evidence The Singularity Between Probability Measures And Signal Detection
  • The estimation of probabilities
  • I. J. Good
  • The scientist speculates

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States

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Quotes

  • There may be occasions when it is best to behave irrationally, but whether there are should be decided rationally.
  • The minimum I. Q. necessary for one to grasp the concepts of Statistics required for the undergraduate degree is 120.(paraphrased)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
London
Place of death
Radford
Languages spoken
English language
Doctoral advisor
G.H. Hardy
Field of work
cosmology
Residence
Virginia
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name in native language
Irving John Good
date of birth
1916-12-09
date of death
2009-04-05
birth name
Isidore Jacob Gudak
significant person
Alan Turing
name
Jack Good
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