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Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2019-12-30

Books mentioned on Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, and The Art of Computer Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #62

5 books · With Donald Knuth · Watch on YouTube

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. American Pastoral

    Philip Roth · at 15:50

    American Pastoral is a critically acclaimed 1997 novel by Philip Roth that examines the disintegration of a successful American family during the turbulent social upheavals of the late twentieth century.

    Discussed
    “the conversation I've heard mentioned a Philip Roth's American pastoral which I love as a book”
    Lex Fridman Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, and The Art of Computer Programm… 2019-12-30 Listen at 15:50
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible

  2. Anna Karenina

    Лев Толстой; Lew Nikolajewitsch Tolstoi; Ulrike Koch · at 16:33

    Anna Karenina is Leo Tolstoy's sweeping nineteenth-century Russian tragedy exploring themes of love, adultery, family, and high society in Imperial Russia.

    Discussed
    “so I I have to say that Tolstoy was one of the big influences on me I especially like Anna Karenina”
    Donald Knuth Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, and The Art of Computer Programm… 2019-12-30 Listen at 16:33
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible

  3. Marjorie Morningstar

    Herman Wouk; Gabra Zackman · at 17:44

    Discussed
    “Tolstoy I like the same reason I like Herman Wouk as a novelist I that I think I like his book Marjorie Morningstar has a similar character in who who who developed his own personal philosophy and export”
    Donald Knuth Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, and The Art of Computer Programm… 2019-12-30 Listen at 17:44
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible

  4. The Art of Computer Programming

    Donald E. Knuth · at 27:57 · mentioned 4 times

    The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E.

    Discussed
    “so let's go to the art of computer programming in 1962 you set the table of contents for this magnum opus right yeah it was supposed to be a single book for 12 chapters now today what is it 57 years later you're in the middle of volume 4 of 7 and in the middle of going for B is”
    Lex Fridman Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, and The Art of Computer Programm… 2019-12-30 Listen at 27:57
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible

  5. El Festival De La Blasfemia

    Dross · at 1:22:44

    El Festival De La Blasfemia by the popular internet creator Dross provides readers with a collection of unsettling, dark, and provocative fictional stories designed to challenge conventional moral boundaries and provoke deep unease.

    Recommended
    “there was it there's this book that would that really uh I can recommend to you if I can't think yeah the title I think is blasphemy”
    Donald Knuth Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, and The Art of Computer Programm… 2019-12-30 Listen at 1:22:44
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Art of Computer Programming
“he's the author of the multi-volume work the magnum opus the art of computer programming”
Lex Fridman Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, and The Art of Computer Programm… 2019-12-30 Listen at 0:02