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Not long ago, I came across a little-known speech titled, You and Your Research.
The speech had been delivered in 1986 by Richard Hamming, an accomplished mathematician and computer engineer, as part of an internal series of talks given at Bell Labs. I had never heard of Hamming, the internal lecture series at Bell Labs, or this particular speech. And yet, as I read the transcript, I came across one useful insight after another.
After reading that talk, I got to thinking… What other great talks and speeches are out there that I've never heard? As far as I know this is the only place where you can read transcripts of these speeches in one place.
This list is organized by presenter name and then speech topic. Click the links below to jump to a specific speech. On each page, you'll find a full transcript of the speech as well as some additional background information.
This is an on-going project. If you know of another great talk, please contact me.