Talk:John Tukey

message: It is sometimes claimed that Tukey coined the word software in the computing context in 1958. This seems to be based on a misinterpretation of Shapiro's 2000 article. The word "hardware" had been used in the computing context since at least 1947 and it is unlikely that "software" was not coined until 1958. Nurg 11:11, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Invention of the word "software"

message: If Tukey first used "bit" did he use it as a contraction of "binary integer" as stated in this article or "binary digit" as is commonly though and as it is understood to mean now?  citation?  TomViza 02:08, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bit

message: All I did was add that Tukey was known for teh Box Plot. Nothing big. If you really want to debate it, go ahead. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bolinstephen (talk • contribs) 00:03, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Known For 

message: Tukey's lemma states, "Each nonempty family of finite character has a maximal element". This lemma is equivalent to the axiom of choice. Might someone care to expound on this in the main article?  See . DFH 19:33, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This is also known as the Teichmüller-Tukey lemma because Oswald Teichmüller (1913-1943) had arrived at it independently in 1939.  See . DFH 19:38, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tukey's lemma 

message: I remember reading Tukey's response to some (misguided) Bayesian arguments that down-playing the importance of randomization (which seem to have been crushed by Donald Rubin, etc.): "If you don't randomize, then you are a damn fool [or damned fool]." This quote might be suitable for the quotes section, if anybody would please locate the source? Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 12:55, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Quote on randomization

message: The print version of the 1956 Hathi Trust source alleged to contain the word "software" in fact uses "software" to mean "people."  Although this is an interesting usage analogous to the common usage of "software" to mean "computer program," it clearly does not displace Tukey's status as first known user (Paul Niquette's claim, based on uncorroborated memories many decades old, should not be taken seriously).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.36.100.29 (talk) 02:14, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alleged 1956 Usage of "Software" 

message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj4y0EUlU-Y&hd=1 --5.54.61.94 (talk) 12:21, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussions with Feynman 

message: The section on Tukey's quotations is completely unsourced.  Someone should try to find references.--Declaration1776 (talk) 03:50, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  sources for quotations? 

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message: A cherry picked favorable quote for Tukey's (actually a committee's) assessment of the Kinsey report. I added a quote from the NYT's obit. https://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/tukey_nytimes.htm 2601:640:8980:7D60:B100:C257:A069:5B0F (talk) 08:33, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  kinsey report quote