Donald E. Knuth,1938年出生于Wisconsin。1960年,当他毕业于Case Institute of Te chnology数学系时,因为成绩过于出色,被校方打破历史 惯例,同时授予学士和硕士学位。他随即进入大名鼎鼎的加州理工学院 数学系,仅用三年时间便取得博士学位,此时年仅25岁。
毕业后留校任助理教授,28岁时升为副教授。30岁时,加盟斯坦福大学计 算机系,任正教授。从31岁那年起,他开始出版他的历史性经典巨著: The Art of Computer Programming。他计划共写7卷,然而仅仅出版三卷 之后,已经震惊世界,使他获得计算机科学界的最高荣誉Turing Award! 此时,他年仅38岁!后来,此书与牛顿的“自然哲学的数学原理”等一起, 被评为“世界历史上最伟大的十种科学著作”之一。相信学过数据结构和编 译原理的同学们都知道KMP算法和LR(K)算法有多么不可思议,然而此书 中这样的算法比比皆是!
从1977年起,他获得Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science的 头衔,并且同时兼任Professor of Electrical Engineering。1990年,斯坦 福大学更授予他一个非同寻常的头衔Professor of The Art of Computer Science,作为对他的特殊贡献的承认!
Donald Knuth自传的开头这样写道:“Donald Knuth真的只是一个人么?”作为世界顶级计算机科学家之一,Knuth教授已经完成了编译程序、属性文法和运算法则的前沿研究,并编著完成了已在程序设计领域中具有权威标准和参考价值的书目的前三卷。在完成该项工作之余,Knuth还用了十年时间发明了两个数字排版系统,并编写了六本著作对其做了详尽的解释说明,现在,这两个系统已经被广泛地运用于全世界的数学刊物的排版中。随后,Knuth又发明了文件程序设计的两种语言,以及“文章性程式语言”相关的方法论。
到目前为止,Knuth已经出版发行了17部书籍,一百五十余篇论文,包括了巴比伦算法、圣经、字母“s”的历史等多方面的内容。作为一名数学家, Knuth曾开创了几门新的课程,为纯计算数学做出了很大贡献。他所获得的奖项和荣誉数不胜数,其中最值得注目的有1974年美国计算机协会图灵奖 (ACM Turing Award),1979年美国前总统卡特授予的科学金奖(Medal of Science)以及1996年11月由于发明先进技术荣获的极受尊重的京都奖(Kyoto Prize)。在不多的业余时间里,Knuth不仅写小说,还是一个音乐家、作曲家、管风琴设计师。
Knuth多产的出版事业开始于他的高中时代,当时他的科技设计被Westinghouse Science Talent Search 光荣提及。他的“Potzebie System of Weights and Measures ”的基础章节被登在“Mad”杂志第26号,“Power”的基础章节被叫作“whatmeworry”。“Mad”的编辑认识到了年轻的Donald著作的重要性,以25美元买下了他的文章,并刊登在了其1957年6月的期刊上。
高中的时候,Knuth对数学并没多大兴趣,而是把主要精力放在主修的课程:听音乐和作曲上。他在高中的乐队里吹萨克斯、大号时,曾把Dragnet、 Howdy Doody Time 和 Brylcream的主题曲联成一段新的音乐。这位著名的科学家在近期评论自己的早期作品时承认:“对于版权,我一无所知。”
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