I feel like when people start talking about TAOCP, the first thing that comes up is the fact that you need to know a good amount of math to understand Knuth's l

I feel like when people start talking about TAOCP, the first thing that comes up is the fact that you need to know a good amount of math to understand Knuth's language. But what people are forgetting is the fact that his books are just bunch of stories told in mathematical language. You need just the slightest of math knowledge to be able to follow his stories. Maybe hard in the beginning - because yes, it's dense - but once you get used to his way of storytelling, you get hooked.