| Title: |
Donald Erwin Knuth
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| Local code: |
OH 332
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Description: |
Donald E. Knuth is Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming at Stanford University. In this oral history, Knuth ranges over a number of subjects in software development including software patenting, alphametics, structural programming, and collaboration. The oral history includes material on the writing of The Art of Computer Programming as well as his early education and Lutheran heritage.
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| Extent: |
27 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=293
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2001 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Knuth, Donald Erwin, 1938-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1938
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| Speaker occupation: |
Electrical engineer; Professor
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| Age at speaking: |
63
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| Document location: |
Stanford, CA
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| Document date: |
08-Nov-2001
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| Interviewer: |
Frana, Philip L.
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023986-25530
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