Con fecha Thu, 27 Jul 2000 00:25:08 GMT, "R. Martin"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> maravill� a la audiencia con su gran
sabidur�a al emitir este trascendental pronunciamiento:
>Donald Macnaughton wrote:
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded Message:
>>
>> From: "Wainer, Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: John Tukey
>>
>> Dear Friends and colleagues,
>>
>> John Wilder Tukey died last night of an accumulation of physical
>> problems.
>>
>> We shared a mince pie (his favorite) on Monday night in his hos-
>> pital room, and he was in good spirits, but in the end his body
>> failed him.
>>
>> He left us with his mind intact; despite the physical problems
>> that plagued him, in the end he was still John Tukey.
>>
>> If you have any specific question please write and I will try to
>> answer them.
>>
>> As other plans are made I will keep you informed.
>>
>> Howard
>
>I'm sorry to hear that. I was fortunate enough to sit in on a short
>course at Iowa State 20 or so years ago and hear his spirited
>discussions with some of the professors there. Prior to that I
>had no idea that people could be passionate about the field of
>statistics.
>
>Regards,
>Russell Martin
Statistics is something to be passionate about.
It is such an elegant way of thinking: "Would you expect that result
as the action of pure random processes?".
It is is such a beatiful way to apply something so undescribable as
probability.
I am very sorry to hear about John Tukey passing away.
I never met him in person, but i met his mind thru his work.
And i am sorry to learn that that mind is no longer with us.
TiTo
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