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Calculus is the mathematics of change.... Change is characteristic of the world.
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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.
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If the prior distribution, at which I am frankly guessing, has little or no effect on the result, then why bother; and if it has a large effect, then since I do not know what I am doing how would I dare act on the conclusions drawn?
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Perhaps thinking should be measured not by what you do but by how you do it.
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This is the type of AI I am interested in—what can the human and machine do together, and not in the competition which can arise.... There are doubts as to what fraction of the population can compete with computers, even with nice interactive prompting menus.
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Besides the theory there are a lot of small technical details that must be learned so well that you can recall them almost instantaneously, such as the trigonometric identities... put one part of the identity on one side of a 3 x 5 card and the other part on the other side. Using these flash cards you can, in the odd moments of your daily life, learn the mechanical parts of the course.... for this kind of low-level material many short learning sessions are much more efficient than a few long, intense ones; but this is not necessarily true for larger ideas.... most students will not use such trivial devices as flash cards; it seems to be beneath their dignity. They suffer accordingly.
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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 (and those require mathematics).
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Without real experience in using the computer to get useful results the computer science major is apt to know all about the marvelous tool except how to use it. Such a person is a mere technician, skilled in manipulating the tool but with little sense of how and when to use it for its basic purposes.
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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.
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Apparently an "art"—which almost by definition cannot be put into words—is probably best communicated by approaching it from many sides and doing so repeatedly, hoping thereby students will finally master enough of the art, or if you wish, style, to significantly increase their future contributions to society.
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The more complex the designed system the more field maintenance must be central to the final design. Only when field maintenance is part of the original design can it be safely controlled... This applies to both mechanical things and to human organizations.
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No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
Edvard Munch
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Born:
February 11, 1915
Died:
January 7, 1998
(aged 82)
Bio:
Richard Wesley Hamming was an American mathematician whose work had many implications for computer engineering and telecommunications.
Known for:
Introduction To Applied Numerical Analysis (1971)
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