[SIGCIS-Members] Volume 4 of Knuth!

[David Alan Grier]

Paul,
	Knuth split volume 4 in half almost two decades ago.  I have seen a  
Kinkos version of the Combinatorics & Boolean function volume, which I  
would assume would be the first of the two.

	I saw Knuth at my last talk at the Computer History Museum.  At the  
time, he told me that he read the Annals regularly.

David

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David Alan Grier
Associate Professor of International Science and Technology Policy

Center for International Science and Technology Policy
Elliott School of International Affairs
George Washington University
grier at gwu.edu






On Jan 25, 2011, at 5:03 PM, Ceruzzi, Paul wrote:

> Amazon has listed volume "4A" of Knuth. I won't believe it until I  
> get my hands on it. Volume Three (Sorting and Searching), was  
> published in 1973. Does this strike anyone else besides me as  
> strange? Knuth had a huge influence the history of computing-- 
> besides his contribution to computing. I use the past tense because  
> I haven't seen Volume 4 yet.
>
> I wrote a bit more on this in the IT History blog (ithistory.org/ 
> blog).
>
> Paul E. Ceruzzi
> Chair, Division of Space History
> National Air & Space Museum
> MRC 311; PO Box 37012
> Washington, DC 20013-7012
> 202-633-2414
> <http://www.nasm.si.edu/staffDetail.cfm?staffID=24>
>
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