Richard Hamming Quotes


What you learn from others you can use to follow.
What you learn for yourself you can use to lead.


Citations

Hamming, Richard W. The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1997.

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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.