When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did [Claude Elwood] Shannon in. After information theory, what do you do for an encore? The great scientists often make this error. They fail to… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Often the great scientists, by turning the problem around a bit, changed a defect to an asset. For example, many scientists when they found they couldn't do a problem finally began to study why not. They then turned it around… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Science is composed of laws which were originally based on a small, carefully selected set of observations, often not very accurately measured originally; but… — Richard Hamming Copy Share
Mathematics is an interesting intellectual sport but it should not be allowed to stand in the way of obtaining sensible information about physical processes. — Richard Hamming Copy Share
Given two people with exactly the same ability, the one person who manages day in and day out to get in one more hour… — Richard Hamming Copy Share
Mathematicians stand on each others' shoulders and computer scientists stand on each others' toes. — Richard Hamming Copy Share
In mathematics we do not appeal to authority, but rather you are responsible for what you believe. — Richard Hamming Copy Share
Beware of finding what you're looking for. A favorite aphorism he often used. — Richard Hamming Copy Share
Mathematics is not merely an idle art form, it is an essential part of our society. — Richard Hamming Copy Share
Perhaps the central problem we face in all of computer science is how we are to get to the situation where we build on… — Richard Hamming Copy Share
There are wavelengths that people cannot see, there are sounds that people cannot hear, and maybe computers have thoughts that people cannot think. — Richard Hamming Copy Share
“The more you know, the more you learn; the more you learn, the more you can do; the more you can do, the more… — Richard Hamming Copy Share
![“When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did [Claude Elwood] Shannon in. After information theory, what do you do for an encore? The great scientists often make this error. They fail to continue to plant the little acorns from which the mighty oak trees grow. They try…” quote by Richard Hamming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/richard-hamming-14135_acorns_when-you-are-famous-it-is-hard-to-work-o_2457509.jpg)
