Selected Papers on Fun & Games

Donald Knuth's influence in computer science ranges from the intervention of methods for translating and defining programming languages to the creation of the TEX and METAFONT systems for desktop publishing. His award-winning, textbooks have become classics that are often given credit for shaping the field; his scientific papers are widely referenced and stand as milestones of development over a wide variety of topics. The present volume, which is the eighth and final book in his series of collected papers, is the one that he has saved up for dessert: It's a potpourri devoted to recreational aspects of mathematics and computer science, filled with the works that gave him most pleasure during his 50-year career. Here you'll find puzzles, paradoxes, and appealing patterns: visual, numerical, and musical.