Knuth, Donald

His very own page. Programming wouldn't be what it is today without this man. Invented TeX, Literate Programming, author of landmark series 'The Art of Computer Programming'. Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming, Stanford University.

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welcomes you to his home page. Frequently Asked Questions Why do you pay $2.56 for every error found in your books? The payments go into an account at the I can no longer write personal checks to the awardees, for How do you pronounce your last name? How do I download .gz files to a Macintosh?
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2. Advogato Interview: Donald E. Knuth

Medium long, deep interview, mostly about TeX, fonts, typography; some about Literate Programming, processors: MMIX, Transmeta, Pentium. Gives a good sense of the man.

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Interview: Donald E. Knuth Posted 25 Jan 2000 at 08:19 UTC by had the pleasure and honor of interviewing Prof. He is the author of the TeX typesetting of Computer Programming and a number of deep, and books. The interview took place by phone on winter day. The topics covered the freeness of
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3. Donald Knuth Wins Kyoto Prize

Announcement, MAA Online: Mathematical Association of America.

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Donald Knuth wins Kyoto Prize Donald Knuth, a computer scientist at Stanford University, was one of three winners of the 1996 Kyoto Prizes for lifetime achievement inthe arts and sciences. The prizes are awarded by the Inawori Foundation, and include a cash award of 50 million yen. This year's
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4. MUF Mastery: Donald Knuth

Brief biography with perceptive editorial comments.

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Donald Knuth is generally recognized as the Father of Computer Science: He has published numerous papers in both computer science and mathematics. (He also comments that switching back and forth between the two fields requires a distinct mental changing of gears.) He founded modern
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5. Donald Knuth: Leonard Euler of Computer Science

Biography of the great scientist by Nikolai Bezroukov.

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Open Source Software Educational Society but remember the KISS principle ;- ) sensitivity to grammar errors access to this page is explicitly prohibited :-) 1: Donald Knuth: Leonard Euler of Computer Science "Computer programming is an art form, like the creation of poetry or music"
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6. Donald Knuth

Growing article, with many links to related topics. [Wikipedia]

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donald Knuth at a reception for the January 10, 1938 ( 1938-01-10 ) (age 72) Donald Ervin Knuth (pronounced ) (born January 10, 1938) is a renowned of the Art of Computer Programming at Author of the seminal multi-volume work Knuth has been called
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7. The Art of Computer Programming

Danny Yee reviews first 3 volumes of Knuth's magnum opus.

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The tale of how Donald Knuth took a decade off from writing The Art of Computer Programming to create the TeX typesetting language is one of the great legends of computer science...
The Art of Computer Programming 1: Fundamental Algorithms 2: Seminumerical Algorithms Addison-Wesley 1997, 1998 The tale of how Donald Knuth took a decade off from writing The Art of Computer Programming to create the TeX typesetting language is one of the great legends of computer science.

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8. Love at First Byte

Featured article about Knuth's work, with recent photos. Stanford Magazine.

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Love at First Byte Among the many enduring passions of Donald Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming is only the one with the most pages. PHOTOGRAPHY BY TIMOTHY ARCHIBALD In 1957, a lanky, bespectacled college student named Donald Knuth caught a glimpse of a beautiful stranger through a window and
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9. Donald Knuth, Founding Artist of Computer Science

Interview with Knuth, National Public Radio, by David Kestenbaum.

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Donald Knuth is legendary in the computer science world for writing a series of must-have reference books called The Art of Computer Programming. Part cookbook, part textbook, part encyclopedia, these books are also considered by many to be technical and personal works of art.
Also heard on NPR stations: Donald Knuth, Founding Artist of Computer Science by Correction This report incorrectly states that 256 is written like 10 million (or a 1 followed by 7 zeroes). It looks like 100 million, or a 1 followed by 8 zeroes. David Kestenbaum, NPR Donald Knuth owns multiple

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10. ACM: Fellows Award: Donald E. Knuth

Grace Murray Hopper Award, given to outstanding young computer professional of 1971, based on one major technical or service contribution. Knuth published in 1968, Volume I of his monumental treatise The Art of Computer Programming.

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