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Richard Hamming wrote a book, "The Art of Doing Science and Engineering", which - despite its name - is more or less a memoir of his own scientific career. It's
by spenczar5 5y ago
Richard Hamming wrote a book, "The Art of Doing Science and Engineering", which - despite its name - is more or less a memoir of his own scientific career. It's a fun read if you're interested in that culture.
- breck 5y agoBest book I've read in a long while. I hope to reread every few years.
- yesenadam 5y agoFrom the preface, "After many years of pressure and encouragement from friends, I decided to write up the graduate course in engineering I teach at the U.S.Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. ...In this series of lectures I try to communicate to students what cannot be said in words—the essence of style in science and engineering. ...I have found that the personal story is far, far more effective than the impersonal one; hence there is necessarily an aura of “bragging” in the book that is unavoidable." You can watch him giving that 31-lecture course in 1995 here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30 Enjoy! It's wonderful. (The last lecture is the famous "You and Your Research" that he gave many times.) I've really enjoyed his books too, from Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers to Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics. They're all drenched with experience.
- yesenadam 5y agoSorry, this version of the same lectures has better video quality: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLctkxgWNSR89bl7hTOS3F3wuoGj7id3Xy https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLctkxgWNSR89bl7hTOS3F...