Donald Knuth's Quote - Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer

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Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer

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

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Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it. – Donald Knuth

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I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop – it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics but I trust my family jewels only to Linux. – Donald Knuth

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I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of ones contributions to computer science. – Donald Knuth

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Ive always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic. – Dan Aykroyd

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I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed Im trying to pull out of the ground that doesnt want to come out? I know Ill win. – Matthew McConaughey

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I had people in my life who didnt give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me. – Temple Grandin

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Research is what Im doing when I dont know what Im doing. – Wernher von Braun

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