A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth

The Numberphile Podcast by Brady Haran

Jan 16, 202400:54:26Science & Medicine

Donald Knuth is unquestionably a legend of computer science and mathematics - but he is bad at estimation and grew up with a “rhinoceros attitude”. Don Knuth’s homepage - The Art of Computer Programming (books) - On Amaz...

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