There are so many ways of being wrong and so few ways of be… - Richard Hamming

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There are so many ways of being wrong and so few ways of being right that it is much more economical to study successes.

Richard Hamming

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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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Native Name: Richard Wesley Hamming

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There are so many ways of being wrong and so few ways of being right that it is much more economical to study successes. - Richard Hamming

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