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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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1971 – Donald E. Knuth
For the publication in 1968 (at age 30) of Volume I of his monumental
treatise "The Art of Computer Programming.
ACM recognizes excellence through its eminent series of awards for outstanding
technical and professional achievements and contributions in computer
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