Given two people with exactly the same ability, the one person who manages day in and day out to get in one… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
There are wavelengths that people cannot see, there are sounds that people cannot hear, and maybe computers have thoughts that people cannot… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Knowledge and productivity are like compound interest. The more you know, the more you learn; the more you learn, the more you… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
You can tell other people all the alibis you want. I don't mind. But to yourself try to be honest. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
If you read all the time what other people have done, you will the think the way they thought. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
If you want to think new thoughts that are different, then do what creative people do - get the problem reasonably clear… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Most people like to believe something is or is not true. Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well. They believe the theory enough… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Mathematicians stand on each others' shoulders and computer scientists stand on each others' toes. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
In mathematics we do not appeal to authority, but rather you are responsible for what you believe. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Beware of finding what you're looking for. A favorite aphorism he often used. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Mathematics is not merely an idle art form, it is an essential part of our society. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
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 Image
