 In 1936, he studied under Sir Ronald Fisher and Jerzy Neyman at University College, London, England.Deming edited a series of lectures delivered by Shewhart at USDA, "Statistical Method from the Viewpoint of Quality Control", into a book published in 1939.One reason he learned so much from Shewhart, Deming remarked in a videotaped interview, was that, while brilliant, Shewhart had an "uncanny ability to make things difficult."