Science is composed of laws which were originally based on a small, carefully selected set of observations, often not very accurately measured… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Mathematicians stand on each others' shoulders and computer scientists stand on each others' toes. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Beware of finding what you're looking for. A favorite aphorism he often used. — 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… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage. — 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
He who works with the door open gets all kinds of interruptions, but he also occasionally gets clues as to what the… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
A parable: A man was examining the construction of a cathedral. He asked a stone mason what he was doing chipping the… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
What you learn from others you can use to follow. What you learn for yourself you can use to lead. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
It is better to do the right problem the wrong way than the wrong problem the right way. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Good scientists will fight the system rather than learn to work with the system. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did [Claude Elwood] Shannon in. After information… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Science is concerned with what is possible while engineering is concerned with choosing, from among the many possible ways, one that meets… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
It may be said "In research, if you know what you are doing, then you shouldn't be doing it." In a sense,… — 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… — 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
Put glibly: In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. In engineering if you do… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage. Once you get your courage up and believe that you can do… — 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
