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Donald Knuth
18 books recommended10 books written
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Recommended Books
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Food
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Feynman
Feynman
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Hackers
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Death of a Salesperson
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Efronia
Efronia
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Gaudy Night
Gaudy Night
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Blacklist
Blacklist
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An Instance of the Fingerpost
An Instance of the Fingerpost
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Blasphemy
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The Golden Gate
The Golden Gate
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Books by Donald Knuth
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Concrete Mathematics
Concrete Mathematics
Donald KnuthNo cover
Computers & Typesetting
Computers & Typesetting
Donald KnuthNo cover
Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms
Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms
Donald KnuthNo cover
The Art of Computer Programming,
The Art of Computer Programming,
Donald KnuthNo cover
The Stanford GraphBase
The Stanford GraphBase
Donald KnuthNo cover
Mathematics for the Analysis of Algorithms
Mathematics for the Analysis of Algorithms
Donald KnuthNo cover
Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms
Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms
Donald KnuthNo cover
Volume 3: Sorting and Searching
Volume 3: Sorting and Searching
Donald KnuthNo cover
Volume 4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1
Volume 4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1
Donald KnuthNo cover
The CWEB System of Structured Documentation
The CWEB System of Structured Documentation
Donald KnuthSource & Proof
Food80% Confidence
“His magnum opus, a wonderful history of everything delicious.”
Feynman80% Confidence
“Vivid, witty, hilarious, poignant: I laughed, I cried, I learned; demonstrates the unreasonable effectiveness of a graphic novel.”
Hackers80% Confidence
We found a public source for this recommendation, but quote text is hidden because attribution could not be safely verified.
Death of a Salesperson80% Confidence
“Who is at his best in short stories like these.”
Efronia80% Confidence
“Diaries and letters of a remarkable Armenian woman.”
Gaudy Night80% Confidence
“Captures Oxford hightable smalltalk wonderfully.”
Blacklist80% Confidence
“A brilliant characterization of the tragic state of politics and class relations in America that also happens to be an actionpacked murder mystery.”
An Instance of the Fingerpost80% Confidence
We found a public source for this recommendation, but quote text is hidden because attribution could not be safely verified.
Blasphemy80% Confidence
“The best novel to deal with "science versus religion" that I've ever encountered.”
The Golden Gate80% Confidence
“The Great California Novel, entirely in 14line sonnets.”
How this profile is built
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