Richard Hamming Quotes


The real problem is what can man and machine do together and not in competition.


Citations

Hamming, Richard W. "One Man's View of Computer Science." Journal of the ACM, vol. 16, no. 1, Jan. 1969, p. 10.

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Richard Hamming
Richard Hamming
  • Born: February 11, 1915
  • Died: January 7, 1998
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Mathematician

Richard Wesley Hamming was an American mathematician whose work had many implications for computer engineering and telecommunications. His contributions include the Hamming code (which makes use of a Hamming matrix), the Hamming window, Hamming numbers, sphere-packing (or Hamming bound), and the Hamming distance.