Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn 1st Edition

by Richard W. Hamming (Author)

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Highly effective thinking is an art that engineers and scientists can be taught to develop. By presenting actual experiences and analyzing them as they are described, the author conveys the developmental thought processes employed and shows a style of thinking that leads to successful results is something that can be learned. Along with spectacular successes, the author also conveys how failures contributed to shaping the thought processes.
Provides the reader with a style of thinking that will enhance a person's ability to function as a problem-solver of complex technical issues. Consists of a collection of stories about the author's participation in significant discoveries, relating how those discoveries came about and, most importantly, provides analysis about the thought processes and reasoning that took place as the author and his associates progressed through engineering problems.

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Hardcover: 376 pages
Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (October 1, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9056995006
ISBN-13: 978-9056995003
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Average Customer Review: 5 customer reviews
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Shae Erisson

Worth more than you paid, read now.

February 8, 2012

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This book is a shortcut to doing great work in any scientific field.
Here's a quote from the book:

"""At Los Alamos I was brought in to run the computing machines which other people had got going, so those scientists and physicists could get back to business. I saw I was a stooge. I saw that although physically I was the same, they were different. And to put the thing bluntly, I was envious. I wanted to know why they were so different from me. I saw Feynman up close. I saw Fermi and Teller. I saw Oppenheimer. I saw Hans Bethe: he was my boss. I saw quite a few very capable people. I became very interested in the difference between those who do and those who might have done."""

Hamming describes the difference between those who do, and those who might have done. He also clearly tells you how you can be one of those who do. Read this book.

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Eugene N. Miya

Richard Hamming's Last book, a collector's item

February 19, 2011

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This, nor this review, is not for every one. If you appreciate any of Richard Hamming's earlier work, papers, or books, you should own this book. You don't need to read further. It is out of print. It has also been some time, since I cracked it open (just before Amazon), but it is your last chance to read the words of thinking of one of the major intellects that the USA has produced. I'm writing this review because I just recommended it to Don Norman for his rec'd books web page.

The book has math, but it is not completely a math text book. You must be willing to read the math: if you aren't, you don't deserve to buy one of the finite numbers of this book, save your money, don't hoard it, used it won't command a great price (trust me I know). Buy it as a gift for mathematically inclined people or institutions.

Hamming is best known for his work in the 40s on algebraic coding theory (a small part of the book). He writes a bit about acoustics and computation (that's the science part, but that's not why Hamming wrote the book). I know, because we talked about it.

Forgive a brief story: after my abstract algebra class which included a unit on coding theory, I met one of the most incredible women in science, Cynthia Irvine (and her husband Nelson) when she asked if I wanted to meet Hamming at the Naval Post Grad School. So we had lunch. Why tell you this? Because the reader should know why Hamming taught at the NPS and why he wrote this book: it was because as a teacher he wanted to have the greatest effect possible and wanted to have some of the best students, whom he concluded (post graduate education) were future admirals and generals. (Yes: this means Richard kind of gave up on primary, secondary, and undergraduate education.)

Hamming, in discussion, concluded his life thinking "the best tool to teach thinking was to teach the calculus." But this is also not a calculus book (a small amount inside on a mathematical tool which only 1% of the population uses). The "art" isn't painting or the so called "fine arts"; you won't find any of that in the art section of this book. Hamming was trying to apply his science to wider life and world problems.

I stayed in touch with Hamming over the final two decades of this life. We shared other friends when most of the science world passed him by. He insisted in always setting some time aside to "think great thoughts", so at NASA I helped set up a set of informal afternoon meetings we called "HAM: Hamming's Alternate Musings" and had Richard come for the first and various later meetings. The reader won't have the capability to do that. The book has flaws, but so does any work. Richard is gone. This book is now the best you can do.

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Jorge F. Garcia

So I haven't read it but...

July 27, 2013

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Every chapter of the book corresponds to a lecture that Hamming gave while he was a professor at the Naval post graduate school in Monterey, CA. You can buy the book... I did. But the truth is I regret buing it. I wouldn't regret it if it was a paper copy, but for an e-copy... It's too much. Especially because you can watch all of the original lectures on YouTube, for free. Delivered by Hamming himself. Having seen a few of the lectures and read a few of the chapters, I have to say that I don't think the book adds much that isn't in the lectures

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Sojournalist

Two stars for Kindle version

June 10, 2012

Format: Kindle Edition

I keep looking for a copy of this book for myself, but they are extremely expensive when or if they can be found.

I keep looking at the Kindle version--which is at least three times more than I care to pay for a book that has flaws in its execution.

The flaws can be seen if you download the sample. Mathematical formulas translate just fine, which sometimes is a problem with math-heavy books, but after the first few formulas, there is a graphic which is useless--only the text made it into the book. From reading the surrounding text, these missing graphics leave the book sorely unsatisfactory.

The publisher could have done a much better job--and they could turn this text over to Dover so they could satisfy the demand for paper copies of this classic.

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Janzon G. Daniel

An interesting read

May 30, 2004

Format: Paperback

This book contain good advice for the future scientist or engineer. I didn't read the details about coding theory and digital filters. Instead I concentrated on the more philosophical aspects of doing science and engineering. That's the interesing thing with this book. It really gives you something to think about. Why you should have visions of the future, how to prepare so you won't miss your chance of a great discovery when it's under your nose, and more. I think I will probably read it again in a couple of years in order to see how much I've put to use and to what extent I just felt good while I read the book.

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