Can a theory cooked up by a Soviet labor camp survivor solve today’s thorniest engineering problems—and make the world a better place? Continue reading “The Science of Invention”
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The Art of Don E. Knuth
Computing’s philosopher king argues for elegance in programming—and a Pulitzer Prize for the best written. Continue reading “The Art of Don E. Knuth”
Crackpot Authorities
From Wilhelm Reich to Julian Jaynes to H.W. Fowler, I sing of the brilliant, the ambitious and the just a bit mad. Continue reading “Crackpot Authorities”