If you don’t work on important problems, it’s not likely th… - Richard Hamming

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If you don’t work on important problems, it’s not likely that you'll do important work.

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Richard Wesley Hamming (February 11, 1915 – January 7, 1998) was an American mathematician whose work had many implications for computer science and telecommunications. He received the 1968 Turing Award "for his work on numerical methods, automatic coding systems, and error-detecting and error-correcting codes."

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If you don’t work on important problems, it’s not likely that you'll do important work. - Richard Hamming

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