[Work in Progress - as I am still reading Mr. Hamming’s text]
What is necessary to do first-class work? Richard Hamming worked with Shannon, The father, of information theory, and discuss in “You and your research” how to properly become a great researcher.
- Have courage
Once you get your courage up and believe that you can do important problems, then you can
Modern society could point this as a coach sentence. Can we doubt of Mr. Hamming intentions?
Courage is one of the things that Shannon had supremely. […] That is the characteristic of great scientists; they have courage. They will go forward under incredible circumstances; they think and continue to think.
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Early recognition sterilizes
- You can’t work on smaller projects after huge achievements
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“Knowledge and productivity are like compound interest” Bode
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Real scientists have a collection of problems in their mind
[…] real life mathematics do not require distinguished mathematicians. On the contrary, it requires barabarians: people willing to fight, to conquer, to build, to understand, with no predetermined idea about which tool should be used.
Bernard Beauzamy — Real Life Mathematics