Donald Knuth to speak at the Computer History Museum
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Date: 11/11/03
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Date: 11 Nov 2003 10:48:53 -0800
A Dozen Precursors of Fortran
Donald Knuth
Donald Knuth is perhaps best known for having written the classic,
multi-volume series, The Art of Computer Programming, the "Bible" of
computer science pedagogy. He has written dozens of books and hundreds
of articles on mathematics and computer science, and has influenced
the thinking of countless students of computer science.
He also invented the typesetting language TeX (pronounced "tech,"
using the ch sound from "loch"), which remains a worldwide standard
for technical publishing. In The Art of Computer Programming, Knuth
wryly compares a computer program to a recipe by quoting from McCall's
Cookbook. He received his Ph.D. degree in mathematics from Caltech in
1963.
Wednesday, December 3, 2003
Lecture - 7:00 PM
LOCATION
Computer History Museum
Hahn Auditorium
1401 N Shoreline Boulevard
Mountain View, California 94043
REGISTRATION
Free. Suggested donation of $10.00 from non-members.
Please RSVP by November 26, 2003.
Call +1 650 810 1019 for information, or visit
http://www.computerhistory.org/events/lectures/donknuth_12032003/
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