Book · recommended on 1 episode
Marjorie Morningstar
Herman Wouk ISBN 9780671835149
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Herman Wouk ISBN 9780671835149
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This book by Herman Wouk 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.
Marjorie, an aspiring young actress with romantic dreams, finds happiness in her middle class fate after frustrating ambitions and a disillusioning love affair.
“I like Herman Wouk as a novelist I think I like his book Marjorie Morningstar has a similar character”— 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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