Richard Hamming on Science
Browse 9 quotations attributed to Richard Hamming, catalogued under Science, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Richard Hamming, entry #79380: "As a practicing computer veteran, this reviewer has the habit of looking at the hypothesis of a theorem and asking:"
Attributed to Richard Hamming, entry #191742: "In the long run, the methods are the important part of the course. It is not enough to know the theory; you should be able to apply it."
9 Quotes by Richard Hamming on Science
"As a practicing computer veteran, this reviewer has the habit of looking at the hypothesis of a theorem and asking:"
"In the long run, the methods are the important part of the course. It is not enough to know the theory; you should be able to apply it."
"Continuous distributions are basic to the theory of probability and statistics, and the calculus is necessary to handle them with any ease."
"All of engineering involves some creativity to cover the parts not known, and almost all of science includes some practical engineering to translate the abstractions into practice."
"Science and mathematics... have added little to our understanding of such things as Truth, Beauty, and Justice. There may be definite limits to the applicability of the scientific method."
"You live in an age that is dominated by science and engineering. ...Thus if you wish to be effective in the world and to achieve the things that you want, it is necessary to understand both science and engineering ."
"We are beginning to find not only is intelligence not adequately defined so arguments can be settled scientifically, but a lot of other associated words like, computer, learning, information, ideas, decisions, expert behavior—all are a bit fuzzy..."
"The assumptions and definitions of mathematics and science come from our intuition, which is based ultimately on experience. They then get shaped by further experience in using them and are occasionally revised. They are not fixed for all eternity."
"Probability plays a central role in many fields, from quantum mechanics to information theory, and even older fields use probability now that the presence of "noise" is officially admitted. The newer aspects of many fields start with the admission of uncertainty."