Frases de James H. Wilkinson

James Hardy Wilkinson foi um matemático inglês.

Suas áreas de interesse foram principalmente análise numérica, matemática aplicada e ciência da computação.

Nasceu em Strood, Inglaterra, estudou no Trinity College, Cambridge, onde foi o melhor aluno da classe. Na Segunda Guerra Mundial trabalhou com balística e depois transferiu-se para o National Physical Laboratory em 1946, onde trabalhou com Alan Turing no projeto do computador ACE.

Recebeu o Prêmio Turing de 1970. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. Setembro 1919 – 5. Outubro 1986
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James H. Wilkinson: Frases em inglês

“It was not easy to have the imagination to foresee that computers were to become one of the most important developments of the century.”

Oral history interview http://history.siam.org/wilkinson.htm by John C. Nash, SIAM History of Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Project http://history.siam.org/,13 July 1984
Contexto: Very belatedly in 1947, Darwin [Sir Charles Darwin, great-grandson of the famous Charles Darwin] agreed to set up a very small electronics group [... ] It was not easy to have the imagination to foresee that computers were to become one of the most important developments of the century.

“Of course everything in computerology is new; that is at once its attraction, and its weakness.”

Some Comments from a Numerical Analyst (1971)
Contexto: Of course everything in computerology is new; that is at once its attraction, and its weakness. Only recently I learned that computers are revolutionizing astrology. Horoscopes by computer!

“Turing had a strong predeliction for working things out from first principles, usually in the first instance without consulting any previous work on the subject, and no doubt it was this habit which gave his work that characteristically original flavor.”

Some Comments from a Numerical Analyst (1971)
Contexto: Turing had a strong predeliction for working things out from first principles, usually in the first instance without consulting any previous work on the subject, and no doubt it was this habit which gave his work that characteristically original flavor. I was reminded of a remark which Beethoven is reputed to have made when he was asked if he had heard a certain work of Mozart which was attracting much attention. He replied that he had not, and added "neither shall I do so, lest I forfeit some of my own originality."

“Numerical analysis has begun to look a little square in the computer science setting, and numerical analysts are beginning to show signs of losing faith in themselves.”

Some Comments from a Numerical Analyst (1971)
Contexto: Numerical analysis has begun to look a little square in the computer science setting, and numerical analysts are beginning to show signs of losing faith in themselves. Their sense of isolation is accentuated by the present trend towards abstraction in mathematics departments which makes for an uneasy relationship. How different things might have been if the computer revolution had taken place in the 19th century! [... ] In any case "numerical analysts" may be likened to "The Establishment" in computer science and in all spheres it is fashionable to diagnose "rigor morris" in the Establishment.