Richard Hamming Quote

In the face of almost infinite useful knowledge, we have adopted the strategy of "information regeneration rather than information retrieval."... most importantly, you should be able to generate the result you need even if no one has ever done it before you—you will not be dependent on the past to have done everything you will ever need in mathematics.


Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (1985)


In the face of almost infinite useful knowledge, we have adopted the strategy of information regeneration rather than information retrieval.... most...

In the face of almost infinite useful knowledge, we have adopted the strategy of information regeneration rather than information retrieval.... most...

In the face of almost infinite useful knowledge, we have adopted the strategy of information regeneration rather than information retrieval.... most...

In the face of almost infinite useful knowledge, we have adopted the strategy of information regeneration rather than information retrieval.... most...