Check Made Out by Donald Knuth with Electronic Messages
date: label: date made
content: 2006
notes: label: Description
content: In February of 2006, computer scientist Jim Reeds of Princeton, New Jersey, sent Stanford professor emeritus of computer science Donald Knuth two electronic messages pointing out flaws in the third edition of the second volume Knuth's book The Art of Computer Programming. As was his custom, Knuth printed out the messages and penciled in his comments. Knuth found one error sufficiently significant to award Reeds a check for 32 cents. He mailed the printouts of the messages with the check to Reeds in Princeton. These materials constitute the accessioned object.
label: Description
content: For a related message, see 2012.0251.02.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Palo Alto
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jim Reeds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0251.01
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0251.01
label: accession number
content: 2012.0251
objectType: label: Object Name
content: check with documentation
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: check: .1 cm x 15 cm x 7 cm; 1/32 in x 5 29/32 in x 2 3/4 in