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# Donald E. Knuth

(1938)   Mathematician

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Donald E. Knuth is a mathematician.

## Quick Facts About Donald E. Knuth

Born January 10, 1938

Profession Mathematician

## About Donald E. Knuth

American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)... \| Donald Ervin Knuth is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is the 1974 recipient of the ACM Turing Award, informally considered the Nobel Prize of computer science. Knuth has been called the "father of the analysis of algorithms".

##  Quotes by Donald E. Knuth

> [“In fact, my experiences as I was writing the 3:16 book weren't that different from writing computer books, although I wasn't using…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-e-knuth/in-fact-my-experiences-as-i-was-writing-the-3-16-book-weren-t-that/)

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> [“Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer; art is everything else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-e-knuth/science-is-what-we-understand-well-enough-to-explain-to-a-computer-2/)

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