Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

by Richard R. Hamming

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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. Along with spectacular successes, the author also conveys how failures contributed to shaping the thought processes.
Provides the reader with a style of thinking that will enhance a person's ability to function as a problem-solver of complex technical issues. Consists of a collection of stories about the author's participation in significant discoveries, relating how those discoveries came about and, most importantly, provides analysis about the thought processes and reasoning that took place as the author and his associates progressed through engineering problems.

  • ISBN10 9056995014
  • ISBN13 9789056995010
  • Publish Date 28 October 1997
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 20 March 2006
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 376
  • Language English