4 ms·
Yesterday was Knuth's 81st birthday, and perhaps for that reason, a good number of videos have been made unlisted on the stanfordonline YouTube channel. Recordi
by svat 8y ago
Yesterday was Knuth's 81st birthday, and perhaps for that reason, a good number of videos have been made unlisted on the stanfordonline YouTube channel. Recording the links here for posterity:
• "Donald Knuth lectures" https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL94E35692EB9D36F3 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL94E35692EB9D36F3 (111 videos)
This includes several sub-series but the playlists don't have the videos in the right order:
• “Aha sessions”: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rNbeodV7vqxxxWpe4s_SFty https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rNbeodV7vqx... (Knuth used to run a “problem-solving seminar” at Stanford; these are videos from one such year.)
Three lecture series on TeX that are now of historical interest (e.g. the TeX program has changed considerably):
• “TeX for Beginners” https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rN1PKcXvzjor-Bl6o6eSNTN https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rN1PKcXvzjo...
• “Advanced TeXarcana” https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rNrDaAftaqMRQEmsARSpLHi https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rNrDaAftaqM...
• “The Internal Details of TeX82” https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rM2JuHk3qBhQDxY9QGrLrYE https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rM2JuHk3qBh... (I've found this invaluable as I try to read the TeX program)
The following two playlists are still unlisted and I no longer know how to get to them:
• Mathematical Writing https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rOrFl78-o6m_QbJqTXGfVVb https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rOrFl78-o6m...
• Computer Musings - Donald Knuth https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rNMsVRnSJ44WuwbminUqXX2 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rNMsVRnSJ44...
(I happened to have them in my browser history… these playlists used to be linked from http://scpd.stanford.edu/knuth/ http://scpd.stanford.edu/knuth/ but as of yesterday they seem to have changed it up, and also made the videos public (why were they “unlisted” earlier? No idea).)
And completely unrelated, but if you happen to be interested in church organ music and the Bible's Book of Revelation, the world premiere of Knuth's Fantasia Apocalyptica (https://cs.stanford.edu/~knuth/fant.html https://cs.stanford.edu/~knuth/fant.html):
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvixIGKr5sJffdfwecygYqhXsgz-EBCC8 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvixIGKr5sJffdfwecygY...
- x220 8y agoWhy were they unlisted?
- svat 8y agoIn my first sentence I wrote "have been made unlisted" but meant the opposite: "have been made public". As for why they used to be unlisted earlier, I have no idea. Just found them following links from Knuth's website.
- espeed 8y agoHere's part 1 of Prof Knuth's 2007 interview by the ACM in honor of his 1974 Turing Award (it's the interview that ended up going on for more than 7 hours over 2 days). It's in a conversational style on life topics that are familiar and relatable to most. Don Knuth, 1974 ACM Turing Award Recipient - Part 1 [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUJ01nRE7r0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUJ01nRE7r0 Transcript: https://amturing.acm.org/pdf/KnuthTuringTranscript.pdf https://amturing.acm.org/pdf/KnuthTuringTranscript.pdf