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5 unusual facts about James Foster


Bijective numeration

Foster, J. E., "A Number System Without a Zero Symbol", Mathematics Magazine, Vol.21, No.1 pp. 39-41, 1947.

James Foster

James C. Foster, chairman and chief executive officer of Charles River Laboratories, Inc.

James L. Foster, former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1971–1979

Tailwhip

The triple tailwhip is a rare feat, attempted by very few starting with Joe Johnson and including, James Foster, Dave Mirra, Cameron White, Dennis Enarson, Mike Spinner, Daniel Dhers and Scotty Cranmer.

Tim Byrne

In 1972, Byrne was appointed by the Minister James Foster to conduct an inquiry into Red Deer College, over a dispute between the staff and the College's Board of Governors.


Chris Read

Several years in the international wilderness followed, Read being overlooked in favour of first Paul Nixon and then James Foster as keeper-in-waiting in preparation for the retirement of Alec Stewart.

Peter van Bleeck

Van Bleeck is especially known for theatrical subjects such as Owen Swiny, Kitty Clive and Margaret Woffington, but he also worked on other subjects such as James Foster.


see also

Capability approach

Subsequently, and in collaboration particularly with political philosopher Martha Nussbaum, development economist Sudhir Anand and economic theorist James Foster, Sen has helped to make the capabilities approach predominant as a paradigm for policy debate in human development where it inspired the creation of the UN's Human Development Index (a popular measure of human development, capturing capabilities in health, education, and income).