Donald Knuth

Citations

• “Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.”

• “If you find that you're spending almost all your time on theory, start turning some attention to practical things; it will improve your theories. If you find that you're spending almost all your time on practice, start turning some attention to theoretical things; it will improve your practice.”

• “I can’t go to a restaurant and order food because I keep looking at the fonts on the menu.”

• “I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.”

• “Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs: Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what to do, let us concentrate rather on explaining to human beings what we want a computer to do.”

Les livres de Donald Knuth dans l'ordre

Les livres de Donald Knuth dans l'ordre de parution, de The Art of Computer Programming (1968) à The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Fascicle 6 (2015).

1. 1The Art of Computer ProgrammingThe Art of Computer Programming1968
2. 2The Art of Computer Programming Volume 2 Seminumerical AlgorThe Art of Computer Programming Volume 2 Seminumerical Algorithms1969
3. 3MixMix1970
4. 4The TeXbookThe TeXbook1970
5. 5Sorting and SearchingSorting and Searching1973
6. 6Surreal NumbersSurreal Numbers1974
7. 7The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 21981
8. 8Computers & Typesetting, Volume AComputers & Typesetting, Volume A1986
9. 9The Metafont Book (Computers & Typesetting)The Metafont Book (Computers & Typesetting)1986
10. 10Mathematical WritingMathematical Writing1988
11. 113:16 Bible Texts Illuminated3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated1991
12. 12Literate ProgrammingLiterate Programming1992
13. 13Selected Papers on Computer ScienceSelected Papers on Computer Science1996
14. 14Art of Computer Programming, Volume 3Art of Computer Programming, Volume 31998
15. 15Digital TypographyDigital Typography1999
16. 16Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks AboutThings a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About2001
17. 17Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Fascicle 4,TheArt of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Fascicle 4,The2006
18. 18Selected Papers on Fun and GamesSelected Papers on Fun and Games2010
19. 19The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Fascicle 6The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Fascicle 62015