A groundbreaking treatise by one of the great mathematicians of our age, who outlines a style of thinking by which great ideas are conceived. What inspires and spurs on a great idea? Can we train ourselves to think in a way that will enable world-changing understandings and insights to emerge? Richard Hamming said we canHe first inspired a generation of engineers, scientists, and researchers in 1986 withYou and Your Research,an electrifying sermon on why some scientists do great work, why most dont, why he did, and why you canand shouldtoo. The Art of Doing Science and Engineering is the full expression of whatYou and Your Researchoutlined. It''s a book about thinking; more specifically, a style of thinking by which great ideas are conceived. The book is filled with stories of great people performing mighty deedsbut they are not meant simply to be admired. Instead, they are to be aspired to, learned from, and surpassedHamming consistently returns to Shannons informa