Founder connections
- Patrick CollisonRecommendedCollison includes Hamming’s book among the materials he recommends on his own Labs page and explicitly urges reading it. His edition is not identified.Source
Summary
Richard Hamming’s lectures examine how to develop the judgment needed for important scientific and engineering work. Drawing on his own career and examples from other researchers, he discusses learning, ambition and choosing work worth doing. The Stripe Press edition includes the original lecture collection, a foreword by Bret Victor and redrawn diagrams.
Why read it Our view
Useful for a founder whose work depends on research or engineering. Hamming’s account invites you to examine the standard you set, the people whose work you study and the problems you choose. Read it as a guide to developing judgment, rather than a promise of a repeatable breakthrough.