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Richard Hamming

American mathematician and information theorist.

Born February 11th, 1915 in Chicago. [ref]

Died January 7th, 1998 at 82 years old in Monterey (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Occupations
computer scientist, engineer, mathematician
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks