Hungarian-born mathematician Abraham Wald lent his skills to the World War II efforts after coming to the United States in The military was looking for ways to protect its aircraft from enemy fire so Wald and his colleagues at the Statistical Research Group were asked to figure out how to better protect military aircraft to defend against enemy fire They began by examining returning aircraft to see where they were most damaged But Wald is credited with the keen insight that damage on returning aircraft represented only where a plane could be hit and still survive He realized that areas
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