Donald Knuth Quotes about Science

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Premature optimization is the root of all evil.

Science, Roots, Evil

Donald Ervin Knuth (1986). “TEX: The Program”, Addison-Wesley Professional

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.

Art, Math, Science

Foreword to the book "A=B" by Marko Petkovsek, Herbert S. Wilf and Doron Zeilberger, 1996.

I have a hunch that the unknown sequences of DNA will decode into copyright notices and patent protections.

Science, Dna, Patents

A mathematical formula should never be "owned" by anybody! Mathematics belong to God.

Science, Technology, Mathematics

"Digital Typography". Book by Donald Knuth, 1999.

It would be nice if we could design a virtual reality in Hyperbolic Space, and meet each other there.

Nice, Science, Reality