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He was born
he was born January 10, 1938 Knuth was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to German-Americans Ervin Henry Knuth and Louise Marie Bohning -
Early life
He was born January 10, 1938 Knuth was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to German-Americans Ervin Henry Knuth and Louise Marie Bohning. -
Knuth published his first "scientific" article in a school
Knuth published his first "scientific" article in a school magazine in 1957 under the title "The Potrzebie System of Weights and Measures." In it, he defined the fundamental unit of length as the thickness of Mad No. 26, and named the fundamental unit of force "whatmeworry." Mad published the article in issue No. 33 (June 1957). -
Knuth created a program to help his school's.
In 1958, Knuth created a program to help his school's basketball team win their games. He assigned "values" to players in order to gauge their probability of getting points, a novel approach that Newsweek and CBS Evening News later reported on. -
Education
In 1958, Knuth created a program to help his school's basketball team win their games. He assigned "values" to players in order to gauge their probability of getting points, a novel approach that Newsweek and CBS Evening News later reported on. -
Knuth Engineering and Science Review.
Knuth was one of the founding editors of the Engineering and Science Review, which won a national award as best technical magazine in 1959. -
Engineering and Science Review.
Knuth was one of the founding editors of the Engineering and Science Review, which won a national award as best technical magazine in 1959. -
Switched from physics to mathematics
He then switched from physics to mathematics, and in 1960 he received his bachelor of science degree, simultaneously being given a master of science degree by a special award of the faculty who considered his work exceptionally outstanding. -
Switched from physics to mathematics.
He then switched from physics to mathematics, and in 1960 he received his bachelor of science degree, simultaneously being given a master of science degree by a special award of the faculty who considered his work exceptionally outstanding. -
Personal life
Donlald Knuth married Nancy Jill Carter on 24 June 1961, while he was a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology. They have two children, John Martin Knuth and Jennifer Sierra Knuth. -
he earned a PhD in mathematics from the Technology
In 1963, with mathematician Marshall Hall as his adviser, he earned a PhD in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology. -
The California Institute of Technology
In 1963, with mathematician Marshall Hall as his adviser, he earned a PhD in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology. -
Knuth book.
He originally planned to publish this as a single book. As Knuth developed his outline for the book, he concluded that he required six volumes, and then seven, to thoroughly cover the subject. He published the first volume in 1968. -
Early work
He originally planned to publish this as a single book. As Knuth developed his outline for the book, he concluded that he required six volumes, and then seven, to thoroughly cover the subject. He published the first volume in 1968. -
The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP)
In the 1970s, Knuth described computer science as "a totally new field with no real identity. And the standard of available publications was not that high. A lot of the papers coming out were quite simply wrong. ... So one of my motivations was to put straight a story that had been very badly told. -
The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP)
In the 1970s, Knuth described computer science as "a totally new field with no real identity. And the standard of available publications was not that high. A lot of the papers coming out were quite simply wrong. ... So one of my motivations was to put straight a story that had been very badly told. -
Awards and honors
In 1971, Knuth was the recipient of the first ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award. He has received various other awards including the Turing Award, the National Medal of Science, the John von Neumann Medal, and the Kyoto Prize. -
National Academy of Sciences
Knuth was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1975. -
Computer Programming
After producing the third volume of his series in 1976, he expressed such frustration with the nascent state of the then newly developed electronic publishing tools that he took time out to work on typesetting and created the TeX and Metafont tools. -
Knuth (DFBCS)
Knuth was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society (DFBCS) in 1980 in recognition of Knuth's contributions to the field of computer science. -
Professor of The Art of Computer Programming.
In 1990 he was awarded the one-of-a-kind academic title of Professor of The Art of Computer Programming, which has since been revised to Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming. -
French Academy of Sciences.
In 1992, he became an associate of the French Academy of Sciences. Also that year, he retired from regular research and teaching at Stanford University in order to finish The Art of Computer Programming. -
Other works
In 1995, Knuth wrote the foreword to the book A=B by Marko Petkovsek, Herbert Wilf and Doron Zeilberger.Knuth is also an occasional contributor of language puzzles to Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics. -
Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS)
He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2003. -
Knuth in front of statue St.
Knuth in front of statue St. Mesrop Mashtots, Matenadaran, Yerevan, Armenia, June 9, 2006 -
Humor
Knuth had to stop sending real checks in 2008 due to bank fraud, and instead now gives each error finder a "certificate of deposit" from a publicly listed balance in his fictitious "Bank of San Serriffe". -
Knuth was elected as a Fellow (first class of Fellows).
Knuth was elected as a Fellow (first class of Fellows) of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2009 for his outstanding contributions to mathematics. -
Knuth announced a satirical XML
At the TUG 2010 Conference, Knuth announced a satirical XML-based successor to TeX, titled "iTeX", which would support features such as arbitrarily scaled irrational units, 3D printing, input from seismographs and heart monitors, animation, and stereophonic sound. -
Knuth friends
Knuth and Steve Wozniak, CHM 2011 -
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. -
pubiished
By 2013, the first three volumes and part one of volume four of his series had been published.
