Knuth, Donald Ervin, 1938-

Selected papers on computer science / Donald E. Knuth. - [Stanford, Calif.] : [Cambridge, Mass.] : CSLI Publications ; Cambridge University Press, c1996. - xii, 274 p. : ill ; 23 cm. + pbk. - CSLI lecture notes ; no.59 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Algorithms, Programs and Computer Science -- Computer Science and its relation to Mathematics -- Mathematics and Computer Science: Coping with Finiteness -- Algorithms -- Algorithms in Modern Mathematics and Computer Science -- Algorithmic Themes -- Theory and Practice, I -- Theory and Practice, II -- Theory and Practice, III -- Theory and Practice, IV -- Are Toy Problems useful? -- Ancient Babylonian Algorithms -- Von Neumann's First Computer Program -- The IBM 650: An appreciation from the field -- George Forsythe and the Development of Computer Science -- Artistic Programming.

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