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Title: Mathematical writing (CS 209) videorecordings
Identifier/Call Number: V0174
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
30.0 videotape(s) (VHS)
Date: 1987
Summary: Videotaped lectures from Knuth's computer science course Mathematical Writing, given in the fall of 1987; guest lecturers
were Herb Wilf, Jeff Ullman, Leslie Lamport, Nils Nilsson, Mary-Claire van Leunen, Rosalie Stemer, and Paul Halmos.
creator:
Knuth, Donald Ervin, 1938-
creator:
Knuth, Donald Ervin,, 1938-
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Administrative transfer, 1998.
Open for research. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Mathematical Writing (CS 209) Videorecordings (V0174). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of computer science at Stanford University.
Videotaped lectures from Knuth's computer science course Mathematical Writing, given in the fall of 1987. The course focused
on issues of technical writing and the effective presentation of mathematics and computer science. Guest lectures included
Herb Wilf (University of Pennsylvania), Jeff Ullman (Stanford), Leslie Lamport (Digital Equipment Corporation) , Nils Nilsson
(Stanford), Mary-Claire van Leunen (Digital Equipment Corporation) , Rosalie Stemer (San Francisco Chronicle), and Paul Halmos
(University of Santa Clara).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Halmos, Paul R. (Paul Richard), 1916-2006
Halmos, Paul R., ((Paul Richard),), 1916-2006.
Knuth, Donald Ervin, 1938-
Lamport, Leslie.
Lamport, Leslie.
Nilsson, Nils J., 1933-
Nilsson, Nils J.,, 1933-
Stanford University. Computer Science Dept.
Stemer, Rosalie.
Stemer, Rosalie.
Ullman, Jeffrey D., 1942-
Van Leunen, Mary-Claire.
Van Leunen, Mary-Claire.
Wilf, Herbert S., 1931-
Mathematics--Authorship.