“It’s that time of the year!” read the email from Stanford Online. As he approaches his 88th birthday, Donald Knuth returned in early December for his special once-a-year “Christmas” lecture — a tradition he’s been honoring for over 30 years.
Stanford’s beloved professor emeritus reminded his audience he’s still writing “The Art of Computer Programming” — a legendary book he’s been working on for over 63 years (releasing it in installments).
But this year, he took a detour of sorts: The revered math and algorithms…

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