Striving for Greatness in All You Do
Why Dr. Richard W. Hamming's short essay applies to engineering just as much as it does to research
Dr. Richard W. Hamming wrote an essay on how to direct one’s research called ‘a stroke of genius: striving for greatness in all you do’. It’s a derivative of his much longer lecture called ‘You and your research’ and is about what makes a person a successful researcher.
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