Richard Wesley Hamming était un mathématicien dont le travail a eu de profondes implications pour l'informatique et les télécommunications. Ses recherches ont introduit des concepts fondamentaux tels que le code de Hamming et la distance de Hamming, devenus cruciaux pour la détection et la correction d'erreurs dans les données numériques. La philosophie de Hamming sur le calcul mettait l'accent sur la recherche de la compréhension plutôt que sur de simples résultats numériques. Son héritage continue de façonner le paysage numérique.
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
For this inexpensive paperback edition of a groundbreaking classic, the author has extensively rearranged, rewritten, and enlarged the material. Book is unique in its emphasis on the frequency approach and its use in the solution of problems. Contents include: Fundamentals and Algorithms; Polynomial Approximation — Classical Theory; Fourier Approximation — Modern Theory; and Exponential Approximation.