Mathematician:Richard Wesley Hamming

American mathematician best known for his work on error-detecting codes.

Thus he started a new field of study within information theory.

Nationality
American

History

 * Born: 11 Feb 1915, Chicago, Illinois, USA
 * Died: 7 Jan 1998 in Monterey, California, USA

Theorems and Inventions

 * Hamming Code
 * Hamming Matrix
 * Hamming Window
 * Hamming Numbers
 * Hamming Distance

Books and Papers

 * 1942: Some Problems in the Boundary Value Theory of Linear Differential Equations
 * 1962:
 * 1965: Logic By Machine
 * 1968: Calculus and the Computer Revolution
 * 1971: Introduction to Applied Numerical Analysis
 * 1972: Computers and Society
 * 1977: Digital Filters
 * 1980: Coding and Information Theory
 * 1980: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
 * 1985: Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics
 * 1986: You and Your Research
 * 1991: The Art of Probability for Scientists and Engineers
 * 1997: The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

Notable Quotes

 * The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.