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Recently I have read two very inspiring and stimulating articles which should fire the imagination of any working research scientist.
The first is a transcript of a talk given by Richard Hamming of Bell Labs 23 years ago, entitled "You and Your Research"
This talk centered on Hamming's observations and research on the question ``Why do so few scientists make significant contributions and so many are forgotten in the long run?'' From his more than forty years of experience, thirty of which were at Bell Laboratories, he made a number of direct observations, asked very pointed questions of scientists about what, how, and why they did things, studied the lives of great scientists and great contributions, and has done introspection and studied theories of creativity. The talk is about what he has learned in terms of the properties of the individual scientists, their abilities, traits, working habits, attitudes, and philosophy.
Given its age, it is still amazingly relevant.
The second piece was shorter and more to-the-point, but encapsulated the Hamming talk perfectly: Do Epic Shit.
We hope you'll be inspired!
Posted by Chris Leonard at 17:19 Comments (0)