Staff writer
When W. Wesley Peterson's "Error-Correcting Codes" was published in 1961, he didn't expect it to have much of an impact.
"It was so technical that I thought a thousand copies would probably be sold to libraries and a few individuals," said the 75-year-old University of Hawaii professor.
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