The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics
The work
| Authors | Richard Wesley Hamming |
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| Editors | |
| Type | article |
| Year | 1980 |
| Citekey | hamming1980unreasonable |
Where it appeared
| Published in | The American Mathematical Monthly |
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| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 81--90 |
Identifiers
| DOI | 10.1080/00029890.1980.11994966 |
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| OpenAlex | W1964039615 |
Access
| Landing page | https://doi.org/10.1080/00029890.1980.11994966 |
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Related
| Distinct from | wigner1960unreasonable |
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How it got here
| How it got here | agent via bibtex |
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| Added | 2026-08-05 00:00 UTC |
| Approved by | a person 2026-08-24 07:31 UTC |
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Cite it as
@article{hamming1980unreasonable,
title = {The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics},
author = {Richard Wesley Hamming},
year = {1980},
journal = {The American Mathematical Monthly},
publisher = {Informa UK Limited},
volume = {87},
number = {2},
pages = {81--90},
doi = {10.1080/00029890.1980.11994966},
}
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