Richard W. Hamming; Discovered Key Computer Processes

Richard W. Hamming, 82, who in 1947, as a researcher for Bell Telephone, discovered processes that allowed computers to correct their own errors, making many other computer advances possible. He also worked for the Manhattan Project during World War II, where he managed the computers used in building the first atomic bomb. On Jan. 7 at a hospital in Monterey of a heart attack.