This book by Leo Tolstoy came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Donald Knuth. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, and The Art of Computer Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #62
“Tolstoy was one of the big influences on me I especially like Anna Karenina not because of a particular area of the plot”— Donald Knuth
The guest here is Donald Knuth: Legendary Stanford computer scientist, 1974 Turing Award winner, author of The Art of Computer Programming, and creator of the TeX typesetting system. Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the field. Donald Knuth reflects on a life of algorithms, beauty in code and typography, mortality, faith, and why P probably equals NP.
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