This is a book about thinking. One cannot talk about thinki… - Richard Hamming

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This is a book about thinking. One cannot talk about thinking in the abstract, at least not usefully. But one can talk about thinking about digital filters, and by studying how great scientists thought about digital filters, one learns, however gradually, to think like a great scientist.

Richard Hamming

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn · October 1, 1997 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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

Alternative Names: Richard W. Hamming

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