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Hamming, "You and Your Research" (June 6, 1995)
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Richard Hamming's 1995 recording of his talk 'You and Your Research', drawn from his graduate engineering course. He discusses how great scientists pick important problems and build careers, drawing on his years at Bell Labs.
HN recommends it as career and research advice on choosing important problems and doing first-class work.
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