Comment by nemild
6 months ago
My dad was at this talk in 1986 that PG shares on his blog:
https://paulgraham.com/hamming.html
Said it was amazing.
6 months ago
My dad was at this talk in 1986 that PG shares on his blog:
https://paulgraham.com/hamming.html
Said it was amazing.
Hamming gave that talk many many times. There are recordings of it on YouTube. It is also the final chapter of his book "The Art of Doing Science and Engineering", which, IMHO, is worth reading in its entirety.