Donald Knuth
Computer Scientist, Creator of TeX
Born
January 10th, 1938
87 years ago
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
United States
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Pioneered the field of computer science through extensive contributions. Developed the TeX typesetting system, widely used for producing technical and scientific documentation. Authored 'The Art of Computer Programming', a multi-volume work that is foundational for the study of algorithms and programming techniques. Contributed to the development of analysis of algorithms and created the concept of 'literate programming', allowing programmers to write code that is better documented and easier to understand.
Developed the TeX typesetting system
Authored 'The Art of Computer Programming'
Introduced the concept of 'literate programming'
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