Oral History of Donald Knuth Part 1

Computer History Museum

Why leaders watch it

A long oral history of a computing pioneer's life and work habits; interesting but not leadership focused.

A roughly three-hour Computer History Museum oral history interview of Donald Knuth by Edward Feigenbaum, recorded in 2007. Knuth covers his family, music, early programming, his thesis, The Art of Computer Programming, and the detour into TeX and METAFONT.

Topics: Historic leaders & pioneers, Learning & growth

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