Hamming R.W. The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

New York: Gordon & Breach Science Publishers, 1997. — 227 p.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.Orientation
Foundations of the Digital (Discrete)
History of Computers— Hardware
History of Computers— Software
History of Computer Application
Artificial Intelligence—I
Artificial Intelligence—II
Artificial Intelligence—III
n-Dimensional space
Coding Theory—I
Coding Theory—II
Error Correcting Codes
Information Theory
Digital Filters—I
Digital Filters— II
Digital Filters—III
Digital Filters—IV
Simulation—I
Simulation—II
Simulation—III
Fiber Optics
Computer Aided Instruction—CAI
Mathematics
Quantum Mechanics
Creativity
Experts
Unreliable Data
Systems Engineering
You Get What You Measure
You and Your ResearchThe book was originally published in 1997 by Gordon & Breach.[4][5] It was republished in 2020 by Stripe Press.[6]
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