Richard Hamming Quote

In a lifetime of many, many independent choices, small and large, a career with a vision will get you a distance proportional to n, while no vision will get you only the distance √n.... the accuracy of the vision matters less than you suppose, getting anywhere is better than drifting, there are potentially many paths to greatness for you... No vision, not much of a future.


The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn (1991)


In a lifetime of many, many independent choices, small and large, a career with a vision will get you a distance proportional to n, while no vision...

In a lifetime of many, many independent choices, small and large, a career with a vision will get you a distance proportional to n, while no vision...

In a lifetime of many, many independent choices, small and large, a career with a vision will get you a distance proportional to n, while no vision...

In a lifetime of many, many independent choices, small and large, a career with a vision will get you a distance proportional to n, while no vision...