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Episode 76, Part 2 – Decoding the Life and Achievements of Dr. Richard Hamming Part 2
In part two of this episode, TRP host Cmdr. Alanna Youngblood continues her discussion with Dr. Martin Mandelberg on working with legendary mathematician Dr. Richard Hamming as his PhD student. Dr. Mandelberg recounts all his trials, tribulations, and challenges in working with a personality such as Dr. Hamming, and the special, cherished connection he shared with his mentor.
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Join us as TRP host Cmdr. Alanna Youngblood sits down with Dr. Martin Mandelberg to discuss his experience working with Dr. Richard Hamming as his one, and only, PhD student. Dr. Mandelberg recounts all his trials, tribulations, and challenges in working with a personality such as Dr. Hamming as well as the special, cherished connection he shared with his mentor. He states that it was this “chosen family” bond that drove him to undertake his current, massive project involving coordination with the Hamming family estate to preserve all manner of documentation from Dr. Hamming, both in an accessible online archive and in his new book, Richard Wesley Hamming.