The 'Art' of Being Donald Knuth.

An interview with computer scientist Donald Knuth is presented. He discusses his family background in which there was no tradition of higher education. Other topics include his interest in music when he was young, his interest during sophomore year in college in a class on discreet mathematics, and...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 51; no. 7; pp. 35 - 40
Autor principal: Shustek, Len
Formato: Interview
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Jul2008
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Sumario:An interview with computer scientist Donald Knuth is presented. He discusses his family background in which there was no tradition of higher education. Other topics include his interest in music when he was young, his interest during sophomore year in college in a class on discreet mathematics, and his ability to understand discrete objects.