Richard Wesley Hamming fu un matematico il cui lavoro ebbe profonde implicazioni per l'informatica e le telecomunicazioni. La sua ricerca introdusse concetti fondamentali come il codice di Hamming e la distanza di Hamming, che divennero cruciali per il rilevamento e la correzione degli errori nei dati digitali. La filosofia di Hamming sul calcolo enfatizzò la ricerca di intuizione piuttosto che di semplici risultati numerici. La sua eredità continua a plasmare il panorama digitale.
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.