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Algorithms to Live By looks at the simple, precise algorithms that computers use to solve …

Knuth has not had an email address since 1990. “Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. What I do takes long hours of studying and uninterruptible concentration.” He reviews all his postal mail every three months, and all his faxes every six.

— Algorithms to Live By by ,